Hospices de Beaune (Hôtel-Dieu)
Hospices de Beaune
A charitable hospital founded in 1443, with polychrome geometric tiled roofs that are a symbol of Burgundy. Its collection includes Rogier van der Weyden's multi-panel altarpiece The Last Judgment.
Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor of Burgundy, and his wife founded this hospital after the Hundred Years' War, and it treated the poor until 1971. The roofs around the courtyard are covered in red, yellow, green and black glazed tiles. The Great Ward, with two rows of red-canopied beds and painted wooden vaulted ceilings, is well preserved. There is also a pharmacy, a kitchen, and a gallery displaying The Last Judgment altarpiece. The hospital owns about 60 hectares of vineyards and holds the world's most famous charity wine auction every November. Admission costs about 12–13 euros, including an audio guide (available in Chinese), and a visit takes about 1.5 hours.
Opening hours
09:00–18:30 (closed at midday in winter; check the official website)
Nearby sights
- Marché aux Vins
- Musée du Vin de Bourgogne
- Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Beaune
- Moutarderie Fallot
- Château de Pommard
- Route des Grands Crus
- Château de Meursault
- Nuits-Saint-Georges