Hygiene in the Middle Ages

Name: Hygiene in the Middle Ages
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Les Bains de la Reine, Guémené-sur-Scorff

No! The Middle Ages is not as grim as we imagine it. A visit to break the misconceptions about this period!

Saturday 17 September 2022, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00Passed

Kastell Kozh - Les Bains de la Reine

Hygiene in the Middle Ages
Discover 1 medieval sauna! The "baths of the queen" refers to an oven fitted out in the castle of Guémené in the 14th century. The visit will focus on the functioning of this sweat room and on the practices related to hygiene and body care in the late Middle Ages.
Flash visit - 30 min

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About the location

Les Bains de la Reine, Guémené-sur-Scorff

Musée Les Bains de la Reine 5 place du château 56160 Guémené-sur-Scorff

Morbihan
Bretagne

Museum space "Les Bains de la Reine"
Clean in the Middle Ages? All in the bath! Even today, the Middle Ages has a bad reputation regarding hygiene and body care, we are talking about a filthy society with questionable hygiene! The reality is quite different! Since antiquity, we know the «baths», the «ovens» and the latrines. «Les Bains de la Reine» in Guémené-sur-Scorff, medieval oven built around 1380 by Jean I de Rohan presents all the characteristics of the sauna and hammam. This private setting, placed within a scenography dedicated to hygiene and cosmetics in the Middle Ages, will reconcile you with these preconceived ideas.
The plus: the walking circuit to discover the restored remains of the castle and a film on the hygiene of the cities, domestic and body care in the Middle Ages (duration: 15 min)