Medieval bathing house

[Kumpelkante]

In the dark ages taking a bath was contrary to common believe very common in most european towns.

In most cases there was one big tub to bath in and several smaller ones with hot and cold water so that the temperature of the water in the big tub could be adjusted. There have also been saunas been used in some parts of europe.

A part from bathing people in medieval towns went to the bathing house to get foul teeth broken out or for other more fun "activities".

bath1hr von tobiasgeserick auf Flickr

bath2hr von tobiasgeserick auf Flickr

bath3 von tobiasgeserick auf Flickr

Edited November 2, 2013 by Kumpelkante

[SlimShady]

Great idea and awesome implementation! Ground and roof look very good and bath is so unique!

[Mutant Orc]

That's huge!!

[Mahtion]

Very cool and interesting MOC. I am not familiar in Medieval daily activities but I know there are a lot of popular misconceptions regarding the Dark Ages.

Makes sense that as the inheritors of Roman civilization, European medieval society maintained some of the practices such as communal bathing and hot/cold baths. Also removing infected teeth while at the bath house is similar to the multi use practice of seeing a barber and having him perform basic surgery.

I will definitely have to research more into this intriguing subject. Thanks for the cool design and sparking interest in a relatively unknown subject.

[eurotrash]

Great looking MOC! And that interior - particularly the ground floor - is really well done.

[Wedge09]

Really nice work :thumbup: You capture really well the medieval feeling

[mpoh98]

Well done I love the cut-away section so that we can see the inside!

[ZCerberus]

good work! Very nice.

[Infernum]

Really great job! I like it!

[Gideon]

Very nice idea and build! The size is big enough to be believable "true minifig scale" and especially the exterior and upper floor is wonderful