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Hotel-Dieu

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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The name given to the principal hospital in any French town. The Hotel-Dieu in Paris was founded in the year A.D. 660, has been extended at various times, and was entirely rebuilt between 1868-1878. One of the most ancient in France is at Angers, dating from 1153. The HOtel-Dieu of Beaune (Cote-d'Or), founded 1443, is one of the most interesting, as it retains the picturesque disposition of its courtyard, with covered galleries on two storeys and large dormer windows; and the great hall of the HOtel-Dieu at Tonrierre, Yonne (1338), nearly 60 ft. wide and over 300 ft. long, is still preserved as part of the chief hospital of the town.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hotel-Dieu'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/hotel-dieu.html. 1910.
 
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