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The Hôtel-Dieu

Hospices de Beaune

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A former almshouse, a hospital and refuge for the poor, founded in 1443. It is now a museum and features the Polyptych of the Apocalypse by Rogier van der Weyden and is a stunning example of Burgundian architecture.

The Hospices de Beaune or Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune is a former charitable almshouse in Beaune, France. It was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, as a hospital for the poor. The original hospital building, the Hôtel-Dieu, one of the finest examples of fifteenth-century Burgundian architecture, is now a museum. Services for patients are now provided in modern hospital buildings.
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