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Origin and history

The Scive military hospital, located in Lille in the Nord department, occupies the former Jesuit college, founded in 1606. This college, ravaged by a fire in 1740, was partially rebuilt before the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1762 by order of Louis XV. The buildings, left vacant for nearly twenty years, were transformed into a military hospital in 1781 under Louis XVI, with extensions entrusted to architect François-Joseph Gombert to integrate spaces dedicated to the teaching of medicine and surgery.

A new fire in 1794 damaged the site again, requiring redevelopment. The hospital took the name of Scive in 1914, in tribute to the Lille physician Gaspard-Léonard Scive, before closing definitively in 1998. Repurchased by the Ministry of Interior in 2004, the site was rehabilitated to accommodate the administrative services of the northern prefecture, revealing during the works remains such as the Jesuit Canal (combated in 1713) and original architectural elements, such as an elliptical chapel or monumental staircase.

The current architecture combines traditional Lille materials (brick and stone) and contemporary elements (glass, metal). The site also preserves traces of the old city walls. Ranked in the historical monuments inventory in 1945 for its façade and door, it illustrates the evolution of a religious place in military and administrative establishments, while preserving major heritage elements.

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