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The Hospices de Beaune consists of a pair of two-storied buildings arranged around a stone courtyard. The building wings are well-preserved today; they contain half-timber galleries and ornate rooftops with dormer windows. The hospital is arranged so that the wings served the office, kitchen and
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The building's design was probably overseen by the Flemish architect Jacques Wiscrère and remained as a hospital until 1971. There is a documentary record of a large range of Flemish and French masons, painters and glass cutters employed for its construction. The façade is today regarded as a
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since 2021. Setting a record total figure at the 149th auction in 2009 when 799 barrels were up for sale, and 40% bids by telephone, internet, or fax connecting some 500 participants from around the world, the auction has in recent years evolved from a wholesale market to a retail market.
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The Hospices de Beaune received the first patient on 1 January 1452. Elderly, disabled and sick people, with orphans, women about to give birth and the destitute have all been uninterruptedly welcomed for treatment and refuge from the
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of red wine and 13 of white wine, attain prices usually well in excess of the current commercial values, although the results give some indication of the trend in expected bulk wine prices for the vintage from the rest of the region.
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on day three. The Domaine des Hospices de Beaune is a non-profit organisation which owns around 61 hectares (150 acres) of donated vineyard land, much of this classified
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Following the large ward is the Chapel, whose location was chosen to allow the bedridden to attend Mass from their beds. The chapel was the original location of the
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in 1441, the hospice was built and consecrated on 31 December 1452. In conjunction, Rolin established the "Les sœurs hospitalières de Beaune" religious order.
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The charity auction has been arranged annually since 1859, taking place on the third Sunday in November amid a three-day festival devoted to the food and
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In addition to the altarpiece, the hospice possesses many artistic treasures, among them the mural paintings of the 17th century in the Salle St Hugues.
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civic architecture and a treasure trove of panel painting, given its numerous portraits of Rolin, his wife and members of his extended family.
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The interior's rectangular format makes it the best location to admire the different buildings, three of which are decorated with a
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Over the centuries, the hospital radiated outwards, grouping with similar establishments in the surrounding villages of
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The Room of the Poor measures 50 Ă— 14 Ă— 16 meters. On the ceiling, the exposed painted frame is in an upside-down boat-
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roof. This technique probably has its origins in Central Europe (possibly from ceramics master MiklĂłs Zsolnay of
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apothecary functions. The nuns and patients were housed nearer the chapel, towards the center of the complex.
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until today. This Catholic institution focused on healing both the body and spirit of its patients.
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is held in November each year (formerly in the great hall of the HĂ´tel-Dieu).
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shape, and in each beam are sculpted caricatures of important inhabitants of
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windows can be observed with finely detailed wood and ironworks. A well with
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Smith, Molly Teasdale. "On the Donor of Jan van Eyck's Rolin Madonna".
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were destitute, and the area had recently suffered an outbreak of
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in 1435. Massacres, however, continued with marauding bands (
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Prices Up 20 Percent at the 149th Hospices de Beaune Auction
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had recently been brought to a close by the signing of the
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ironwork can also be seen in the centre of the courtyard.
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Lane, Barbara. "'Requiem aeternam dona eis': The Beaune
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Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art
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Hospices de Beaune, The saga of a Winemaking Hospital
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Early Netherlandish Triptychs: A Study in Patronage
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Beaune
France
Nicolas Rolin
museum
hospital
wine auction

Burgundy
Philip the Good
Hundred Years' War
Treaty of Arras
Ă©corcheurs
Beaune
plague
Nicolas Rolin
Guigone de Salins
Pope Eugene IV
Northern Renaissance
Middle Ages
Pommard
Nolay
Meursault

glazed-tile
PĂ©cs
Burgundy
Dijon
dormer
attic

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