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  6. Hotel-Dieu de Tournus

 Hotel-Dieu de Tournus en Saône-et-Loire

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Hôtel-Dieu
Saône-et-Loire

Hotel-Dieu de Tournus

    Rue de l'Hôpital 
    71700 Tournus
Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus
Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus
Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus
Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus
Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus
Crédit photo : Tangopaso - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1642-1644
Initial Foundation
1672
Official establishment
1685
Old Apothecary
1749
Arrival of the Sisters of Sainte-Marthe
1964
Historical Monument
2000
Opening of the Greuze Museum
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Gateway to the hospital street with its gate; ancient chapel with its bell tower, including the monumental door with its vants; building containing the soldiers' room (1709); building containing the men's room (1789); current chapel dated 1730 with its sacristy; pharmacy; gallery of the cloister south of the courtyard and building of the community (Box D 782): classification by order of 26 March 1964

Key figures

Jean Gorrat - Master architect Expanded the sick room (1673).
Dom Barbereux - Reverend Father and Architect Supervised the work (1705-1723).
Jean-Baptiste Greuze - Painter Works exhibited at the eponymous museum.
Jean Martin - Museum curator (1876-1919) Created the Museum Catalogue.
Frédéric Didier - Architect restorer Restoration (1987-1992).
Christelle Rochette - Director of the Museum (1994-2000) Designed the museum project.

Origin and history

The Hôtel-Dieu de Tournus, located in Saône-et-Loire, is an ancient hospital built in the seventeenth century, famous for its apothecary of 1685, one of the oldest in France. Its golden woodwork and painted ceiling make it an architectural gem. The building, enlarged over the centuries, consisted of three patient rooms and two chapels, reflecting its medical and religious role.

Listed as a historic monument in 1964, the Hôtel-Dieu has housed the Greuze Museum since 2000, closed in 2019. The museum featured works by painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze, a native of Tournus, as well as local archaeological collections, covering from Paleolithic to Merovingian times. The rooms also exhibited paintings from French, Flemish and Italian schools, and sculptures.

The apothecary, with its pots in earthenware of the 17th and 18th centuries, bears witness to the medicine of Dantan. A second apothecary, dating from the 18th century and transferred from the Maison de Charité de Tournus, was added in 2011. The latter's pots were destroyed in 1814 by Austrian troops, but its restored woodwork is now visible.

Founded in 1642-1644 as a modest "nave" for the sick, the Hôtel-Dieu was enlarged according to the plans of architect Jean Gorrat (1673) and Reverend Dom Barbereux (1705-1723). The sisters of Sainte-Marthe de Beaune treated the sick there from 1749. Disused in 1982, the site was restored between 1987 and 1992 to house the museum.

The attendance of the site varied from 15,475 visitors in 2005 (museum and hotel-God combined) to 6,030 in 2024 for the hotel-God alone. The Greuze Museum, inaugurated in 1894 thanks to the legacy of widow Perrot, was enriched by the Société des amis des arts et des sciences de Tournus, founded in 1877. His conservatives, such as Jean Martin or Émile Magnien, have marked his history.

The ensemble, owned by the commune, includes protected elements such as the entrance gate, the chapel with its bell tower, and the gallery of the cloister. Its architecture, combining hospital function and religious decor, illustrates the evolution of care and charity in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

External links

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