THE SEA BATHS HISTORY IN EUROPE From Medical Therapy to People’s Leisure
Pedro O’Neill Teixeira
Let’s Open Tourism for Us Workshop
SÈTE 2011
I The Benefits of Sea Water “O grande benefício, que tem recebido toda esta dilatada Ilha do uso da água do mar, …” Jacob de Castro Sarmento, 1753
Pedro O’Neill Teixeira
Let’s Open Tourism for Us Workshop
SÈTE 2011
Dr. Richard Russell Treatise, 1750
Dr. Jacob de Castro Samento Treatise, 1753
Scarborough’s bathing machines, c. 1770
Bathing machine
Brighton’s bathing machines
Bathing woman or “dipper” in Brighton
Existing since the 1790’s, the “Barcas de Banhos” at Lisbon, Portugal (1826)
Bathing fashion, c. 1815
II The Sea Bathing Season “Some people come here for health reasons and other for pleasure, which resulted in a charming society and brilliant fetes…” Améric Gautien, 1839
Pedro O’Neill Teixeira
Let’s Open Tourism for Us Workshop
SÈTE 2011
Bathing lady in Brighton c. 1850, with bathing machines and a voyeur
The beach society at Ramsgate, 1854
The beach sociey at Trouville, painted by Eugène Boudin, 1867
Travemunde’s bathing machines, Germany, 1822
“Barcas de Banhos” in 1840’s Lisbon. They survived until the 1870’s.
Bathing complex at Viareggio, Italy, 1828
Bathing complex, Rimini, c. 1875
San Sebastian seaside resort, Spain
Sea Baths at Sète
III Leisure for the People “Il lui fallait maintenant s'enfoncer dans la mer chaude, se perdre pour se retrouver, nager dans la lune et la tiédeur pour que se taise ce qui en lui restait du passé et que naisse le chant profond de son bonheur “ Albert Camus, La Mort Heureuse 1936-1938
Pedro O’Neill Teixeira Let’s Open Tourism for Us Workshop
SÈTE 2011
Family beach vacations at TrĂŠport, France, 1912
Sopot, Poland, 1920s
“Midday”, Alexander Deineka, Soviet Union, 1932
Estoril seaside resort, Portugal, 1930
Mamaia, Romania, 1930s
“Congés Payés”, France, 1936
“On the Beach”, Pablo Picasso, 1937
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