Comment les Parisiens buvaient de l'eau dans une ville sans égouts (1600)

In 1600, Paris was one of the most densely populated cities in Europe—and one of the dirtiest. No sewers, no pipes, no running water. The streets were crisscrossed by central streams where sewage, slaughterhouse waste, and excrement thrown from windows mingled. And yet, people needed to drink. In this historical immersion, discover how two million Parisians obtained their water daily: the water carriers who crisscrossed the city with their enormous barrels on their shoulders, the royal fountains whose flow was never sufficient, the Seine, both a source of drinking water and an open sewer, and the deadly epidemics that decimated the poor neighborhoods every summer. Who had access to reasonably clean water? What price had to be paid to avoid being poisoned by their own glass of water? Settle in comfortably — and enjoy your tap — while the grimy Paris of 1600 comes back to life before your eyes.