{"id":6633,"date":"2023-02-05T18:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T18:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesanstationboreale.com\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T21:54:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T21:54:03","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lesanstationboreale.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“It was like a luxury hotel.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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The Lac-\u00c9douard sanatorium, isolated in the heart of the Mauritian forest, was described by its residents as a veritable haven of convalescence. Built at the beginning of the XX\u1d49 century, this refuge offered light-filled rooms, meticulous meals, carefully tended gardens and an atmosphere imbued with calm and dignity. Much more than a hospital, it was a place designed to offer patients the noblest possible environment in their fight for life. <\/p>\n

Within its walls, hope breathed with pure mountain air. The long, open galleries, vast, airy dormitories and nature walks were in keeping with a humanist conception of care: one that believed in the restorative power of beauty and serenity. The Lac-\u00c9douard sanatorium was more than just a building; it was a world in itself, a refuge from oblivion, where time seemed suspended in expectation of an ever-hoped-for cure. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A place dedicated to healing through nature<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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A self-sufficient village<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Over the years, the Lac-\u00c9douard sanatorium has developed into a veritable village in the heart of the forest.
In 1905, inspired by the best health establishments in the world, some twenty buildings were erected, each serving a specific function in a spirit of care and autonomy. Isolated from the rest of the world and accessible only by train, the site had to provide for all its needs. Alongside the care and accommodation pavilions, there was a huge water tower, a boiler room topped by a tall chimney, a large laundry, a school for employees’ children, an infirmary, and a majestic chapel. Nurses lived in the Hive, stores were kept in underground cellars, and a farm with its outbuildings ensured food production. Employees were housed in beautiful dwellings scattered around the estate. Even entertainment found its place: in the basement of the Couillard wing, a luxurious auditorium, complete with cinema, had been donated by a famous Broadway director who had fallen in love with Lake \u00c9douard. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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