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Domaine de San Salvadour à Hyères dans le Var

Domaine de San Salvadour

    4312 Route de l'Almanarre
    83400 Hyères
Ownership of the municipality
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Crédit photo : Auteur inconnuUnknown author - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1872-1880
Construction of the castle
1902
Repurchase by Sister Candide
1903
Opening of the Marine Hospital
1905
Construction of thermal hotel
1922
Acquisition by the City of Paris
1990
Partial protection of the domain
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Castle, with its painted decor, including the south terrace; facades and roofs, entrance hall and large staircase of the hotel itself; facades and roofs of the stables and the dovecote; soil of the park (see H2 190, 193 to 195): inscription by order of 23 August 1990

Key figures

Auguste Parent - Belgian industrial and first owner Initial commander of the castle in 1872.
Edmond Magnier - Journalist and Mayor of Hyères Complete the construction before reselling in 1902.
Sœur Candide (Jeanne Foresti) - Religious and founder of Ormesson's work Turns the domain into sanatorium for children.
Paul Page - Architect of the thermal hotel Designed the hotel in 1905, inspired by seaside resorts.
Ernest Paugoy - Presumed architect of the castle Appointed as supervisor between 1872 and 1880.

Origin and history

The estate of San Salvadour was built between 1872 and 1880 for Auguste Parent, a Belgian industrialist, under the probable direction of architect Ernest Paugoy. To a prince of the Napoleon family, the magnificent castle, surrounded by a 20 hectare park with stables, dovecote and greenhouse, is completed under the property of Edmond Magnier, mayor of Hyères, who acquired it in 1875 before reselling it in 1902, ruined.

In 1902, Sister Candide (Jeanne Foresti), a religious and founder of the work of Ormesson, bought the estate with patrons and lotteries. She installed a mid-class sanatorium there, first in the castle, then in a marine hospital built in 1903 by the sea for hydrotherapy. To finance her project, she tried unsuccessfully to exploit springs of lithine waters, and in 1905 had a 130-room hotel built by architect Paul Page, inspired by seaside resorts such as Tamaris-sur-Mer.

The hotel, served by a station created in 1905, was a short-lived success. Sister Candide, accused of financial malfeasance, was imprisoned in 1912. During the First World War, the estate was requisitioned for colonial troops, then abandoned until 1922. That year, the City of Paris acquired public assistance, which made it a hospital for children with lung diseases or rickets. During World War II, he served as a military hospital (500 beds) under the Red Cross.

The botanical park, reserved for patients, and the historic buildings (castle, hotel, stables, dovecote) have been partially protected since 1990. Today, the San Salvadour Hospital, run by the AP-HP, specializes in the care of children, adolescents and adults with disabilities, perpetuating its inital medical vocation.

The architecture of the estate combines a neo-classical castle, a beach-style hotel and landscape facilities (rock staircases, winding alleys). The dovecote, made of brick and stone, has neo-Gothic bays and a Catalan vault. The marine sanatorium, separated from the park by the Almanarre road, illustrates the evolution of hydrotherapy care in the early twentieth century.

External links

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