Beaune01
Beaune01

The main courtyard of the Hospices in Beaune.
http://www.hospices-de-beaune.com/gb/hospices/index.php

The Hospices is a charitable institution, founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy as a hospital for the poor and needy. The original hospital building, the Hôtel-Dieu, one of the finest examples of French fifteenth-century architecture, is now a museum, services for the sick being provided in modern hospital buildings.