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Hôtel-Dieu, Paris
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The Hôtel-Dieu is a public hospital located on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, on the parvis of Notre-Dame. Tradition has it that the hospital was founded by Saint Landry in 651
View of the Hôtel-Dieu from the Tour Saint-Jacques
View of the Hôtel-Dieu from the Tour Saint-Jacques
Episodes from the Life of a Bishop-Saint, by the Master of Saint Giles (c. 1500), showing the Gothic buildings of the old Hôtel-Dieu at right
Episodes from the Life of a Bishop-Saint, by the Master of Saint Giles (c. 1500), showing the Gothic buildings of the old Hôtel-Dieu at right
16th-century etching of a hall in the Hôtel-Dieu
16th-century etching of a hall in the Hôtel-Dieu
Painting by Victor-Jean Nicolle
Painting by Victor-Jean Nicolle
Haussmann's renovation of Paris
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Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870.
Hôtel-Dieu, Paris
…several times and was rebuilt for the last time at its present location on the north side of the parvis of Notre Dame between 1867 and 1878, as part of Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Currently operated by Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), the Hôtel-Dieu is a teaching hospital associated with the Paris Cité University…
Napoleon III instructed Haussmann to bring air and light to the centre of Paris, to unify the different neighbourhoods with boulevards, and to make Pa
Napoleon III instructed Haussmann to bring air and light to the centre of Paris, to unify the different neighbourhoods with boulevards, and to make Paris more beautiful. The Avenue de l'Opéra, created by Haussmann, painted by Camille Pissarro, 1898.
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, prefect of Seine under Napoleon III from 1853 until 1870
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, prefect of Seine under Napoleon III from 1853 until 1870
Windows and balconies of a typical Haussmannian building on Rue Soufflot
Windows and balconies of a typical Haussmannian building on Rue Soufflot
The Rue des Marmousets, one of the narrow and dark medieval streets on the Île de la Cité, in the 1850s. The site is near the Hôtel-Dieu (General Hosp
The Rue des Marmousets, one of the narrow and dark medieval streets on the Île de la Cité, in the 1850s. The site is near the Hôtel-Dieu (General Hospital on the Île de la Cité).