Medieval Heating System Discovered in Switzerland

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The complex system, which heats the monks' dining room, provides a unique insight into medieval technology and is considered one of the most important surviving examples in Europe. The discovery was made during renovation work on a building that will house a new university library.

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A medieval heating system hidden beneath a former monastery in Basel, Switzerland, emerged from centuries of burial, with much of its original construction remaining intact.

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During the renovation of the property Petersgraben 52, the archaeological soil research in the courtyard of the former commercial school could dig up walls and mortar floors of the medieval monastery Gnadental. Under one of the floors was an exceptionally well preserved warm air heating, which once probably heated the dining room (refectorium) of the Frauenkloster. Due to its almost complete preservation, it is unique throughout Switzerland and …