Family Travels
Beaune
We stopped in Beaune for a few hours to give the
kids a break in the long drive from Alsace to Paris.

Hotel Dieu is an impressive medieval sight.
As Beaune staggered with the losses of the
Hundred Years War and the Black Death....and
90% of the population was destitute...the
Chancellor of Burgundy, Nicholas Rolin,
commissioned this lavish hospital in 1143.

Wooden beds with velvet drapery,
state of the art medicine
quiet nuns serving good food
......a great place to be sick.

The highlights are the building itselt...we love the
roofs...reminded us of the roofs in Alsace and we
really like the exhibits on medieval medicine.

Don't miss the incredible paintings by van der
Weyden called the Last Judgement....truly awe
inspiring.  Once displayed for the poor and sick to
ease their suffering.  Now protected as a national
treasure.
Date Last Visited -- 2002