The Oubliette
Added 2024-02-23 11:15:01 +0000 UTCIdentifying an oubliette is sometimes an easy task: if it’s stacked full of human bones, it may well have been an oubliette at one point or another. In some cases, though, it’s much more tricky. Features that look like an oubliette in design may actually be storage facilities, strong rooms, ice houses or latrines.
Here’s one example of a room in the Bastille in Paris, the nature of which is debated. What do you think: oubliette or ice room?
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If I recall that scene correctly there are even a few skeletons in there, too!
Fascinating Horror
2024-02-26 14:50:26 +0000 UTCIt's a horrible thought. And, given it's location, I'm inclined to agree!
Fascinating Horror
2024-02-26 14:47:42 +0000 UTCI shudder at the thought of dying that way. I think the picture is an oubliette if it was at the Bastille. 🤔
Meighan Garrick
2024-02-24 16:23:16 +0000 UTCI first leaned of oubliettes from the movie Labyrinth.
Jennifer Durham
2024-02-23 16:09:28 +0000 UTC
