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The Hôtel-Dieu de Marseille was founded in 1593 by the merger of the hospitals Saint-Jacques-de-Galice and the Holy Spirit. Under the Old Regime, he was distinguished by an exclusively secular staff. As early as the 18th century, it housed a surgical school, replaced in 1818 by a secondary school of medicine training health officers, with teachers recruited from among its staff. The establishment was also used to train medical and paramedical professions until 2006.

The construction of the present building began in 1753 under the direction of the Marseille architect Claude-Henri-Jacques d'Ageville, following the plans of Jacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne, grandson of Jules Hardouin-Mansart. The original, ambitious project aimed to compete with the Hôtels-Dieu in Lille and Lyon, but was only partially completed in 1788 due to financial difficulties. The foundations, laid between 1753 and 1757, were followed by modifications of the plans, especially for the maladries and side stairs, made between 1780 and 1785 by Esprit-Joseph Brun.

Between 1860 and 1866, architect Felix Blanchet rearranged the building: he extended the left wing, erected pavilions at the ends of the wings, raised the whole of one floor and cleared the approaches to improve access and ventilation. The new Hôtel-Dieu was inaugurated by Napoleon III on November 15, 1866, the day of the feast of Empress Eugénie. Transformed into a 5-star hotel in 2013, it is now managed by the InterContinental group under the name InterContinental Marseille Hotel Dieu.

The monument has been partially classified as a Historical Monument since 1963, with the protection of its main façade, the roofs of the old wings, and the two large wrought iron interior staircases. Its official address is the 6th Place Daviel, in the 2nd arrondissement of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d的Azur region.

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