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Presentation
About this tour
Discover the Hôtel-Dieu des Hospices Civils de Beaune, a hospital founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor of 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. Renowned for its polychrome, glazed terracotta roofs, the Hôtel-Dieu is also an important reminder of hospital history, with its Last Judgement polyptych by Rogier van der Weyden, its treatment rooms, kitchen, apothecary and collections of furniture and works of art.
Discover the Hôtel-Dieu des Hospices Civils de Beaune, a hospital founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor of 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. Renowned for its polychrome, glazed terracotta roofs, the Hôtel-Dieu is also an important reminder of hospital history, with its Last Judgement polyptych by Rogier van der Weyden, its treatment rooms, kitchen, apothecary and collections of furniture and works of art.
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To accompany your discovery of the site, several visit supports are at your disposal; they are included in your ticket:
> a tour of the site with an audioguide: Nicolas Rolin and Guigone de Salins tell you the story of this nearly six-century-old hospital (classic tour: 1h / focus tour: 1h30)
> explore the themes HUMANITY 2025 with the accompanying booklet L'Hôtel-Dieu de 1789 à 1799 : la Révolution, des révolutions
Audiodescription in French or English also available.
To request this visit for a GROUP (10 people or more) in French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese or Russian, we invite you to fill in the form on this page.
> a tour of the site with an audioguide: Nicolas Rolin and Guigone de Salins tell you the story of this nearly six-century-old hospital (classic tour: 1h / focus tour: 1h30)
> explore the themes HUMANITY 2025 with the accompanying booklet L'Hôtel-Dieu de 1789 à 1799 : la Révolution, des révolutions
Audiodescription in French or English also available.
To request this visit for a GROUP (10 people or more) in French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese or Russian, we invite you to fill in the form on this page.
Information
- Cultural season :
- CHARITY 2024 programme
- HUMANITY 2025 programme
- 2025 path :
- In the footsteps of the founders
- Ticket :
- Entry ticket
- Hôtel-Dieu ticket
- Cultural Pass :
- Yes
- Language :
- Durée :
- 1h
- 1h30
- 2h
