Discover the Hôtel-Dieu des Hospices Civils de Beaune on your own. Audioguide or mediation booklet available.
Discover the Hôtel-Dieu des Hospices Civils de Beaune, a hospital founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor to the Dukes of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins. A charitable institution entrusted to the care of the Hospice Sisters, this "palace for the poor" dedicated to the wandering and destitute sick remained in operation until 1971. Known for its polychrome glazed terracotta roofs, the Hôtel-Dieu is also a place of remembrance of hospital history, with its polyptych of the Last...
Discover the Hôtel-Dieu des Hospices Civils de Beaune, a hospital founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor to the Dukes of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salins. A charitable institution entrusted to the care of the Hospice Sisters, this "palace for the poor" dedicated to the wandering and destitute sick remained in operation until 1971. Known for its polychrome glazed terracotta roofs, the Hôtel-Dieu is also a place of remembrance of hospital history, with its polyptych of the Last Judgement by Rogier van der Weyden, its treatment rooms, its kitchen, its apothecary and its collections of furniture and objets d'art.
To help you explore the site, a number of visitor guides are available:
> Audioguide: follow Nicolas Rolin and Guigone de Salins as they tell you about the creation of their hospital and its development over the centuries (10 languages for adults / 4 languages for children / 2 audio description versions)
> Mediation booklet "L'Hôtel-Dieu au XIXe siècle : un hôpital en MOUVEMENT(S)" (The Hôtel-Dieu in the 19th century: a hospital in MOVEMENT(S))
General public - Hôtel-Dieu ticket
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