2015-04-28 Beaune, Hôtel- Dieu de Beaune, Bourgogne, Côte d'Or, France
History
Towards the end of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) reigned in France a great poverty and famine. The treaty of Arras [1] made in 1435, although an end to the war between the Burgundian Netherlands and France, but the effects in subsequent years remained significant. This famine took Beaune alone at three-quarters of the population lives.
In light of this situation, decided Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good, and his wife Guigone de Salins on August 4, 1443 to provide a hospital for the poor. There was doubt about the location beforehand between Autun and Beaune. The choice finally fell on the last because of the location and the lack of a religious order in the city.
On January 1, 1452, the first patient was cared for at the center. The elderly, the disabled, orphans, the sick, pregnant women and the poor had from the Middle Ages through the 20th century, free admission. Rolin founded in 1459 by the order HOSPITALIERES Sœurs de Beaune, which combine a monastic life with the assistance to the poor. For centuries, the Hôtel-Dieu was their work and residence.
Towards the end of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) reigned in France a great poverty and famine. The treaty of Arras [1] made in 1435, although an end to the war between the Burgundian Netherlands and France, but the effects in subsequent years remained significant. This famine took Beaune alone at three-quarters of the population lives.
In light of this situation, decided Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good, and his wife Guigone de Salins on August 4, 1443 to provide a hospital for the poor. There was doubt about the location beforehand between Autun and Beaune. The choice finally fell on the last because of the location and the lack of a religious order in the city.
On January 1, 1452, the first patient was cared for at the center. The elderly, the disabled, orphans, the sick, pregnant women and the poor had from the Middle Ages through the 20th century, free admission. Rolin founded in 1459 by the order HOSPITALIERES Sœurs de Beaune, which combine a monastic life with the assistance to the poor. For centuries, the Hôtel-Dieu was their work and residence.
The courtyard
The courtyard (French: Cour d'Honneur, the courtyard of honor) is rectangular and includes a cast iron water well in Gothic style. The courtyard opens to the various buildings with their multicolored roofs, typical of Burgundy monuments. These tiles are made of baked earth with an enamel coating. The main building with the large ward, IMEC is the only exception. These tiles have four colors (red, brown, yellow and green) to form geometric patterns. The motive is not the original. The roofs were herlegd between 1902 and 1907 by Louis Sauvageot which used personal motives, because the original was lost. The north, east and west are at ground level and on the first floor gallery. The ground floor consists of stone columns above are used wooden columns. The many dormers counting countless wooden and iron-made decorations.
