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The Hospital-Hospice Saint-Jean, located in Aire-sur-la-Lys in the Hauts-de-France, is a building built in the 1st quarter of the 18th century. This monument, classified among the Historical Monuments, is distinguished by its preserved architecture, including its facades on street and courtyard, its roofs, and the campanile of its chapel. These elements were subject to successive protections by ministerial decrees in 1946 and 1947, highlighting their heritage value.

The building, now owned by a communal public establishment, is part of the urban landscape of Aire-sur-la-Lys, with a location specified at 52 rue de Saint-Omer. Its history reflects the evolution of hospital and charitable structures in France in the 18th century, a period marked by the strengthening of institutions dedicated to welcoming the poorest. Like many other people of the time, the hospital played a central role in the social and medical care of local populations.

Available sources, including Monumentum and Merimée data, confirm its status as a Historic Monument and provide details of its architectural features. However, information about its current use (visits, rentals, accommodation) or its detailed history before the eighteenth century remains undocumented in the source texts. The accuracy of its location is assessed as poor (note 5/10), indicating margins of uncertainty about its exact location in the geographic databases.

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