Discovering the Hôtel-Dieu of Beaune France

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Di musim summer tahun kemarin, kami mengunjungi kota Beaune Perancis. Di kota ini, terdapat museum rumah sakit tertua yang sangat edukatif. Di sana kita bisa belajar tentang sejarah perawatan orang sakit yang tidak hanya untuk kaum elit tapi juga untuk masyarakat awam.
Di rumah sakit itu, kita bisa melihat bangsal perawatan dengan tempat tidur yang nyaman, kita bisa membayangkan para suster yang sibuk merawat pasien. Juga para suster yang memasak dan menyiapkan makanan. tentu saja juga tentang proses penyiapan obat-obatan di dalam apotik. Di sana juga masih terdapat kebun apotik hidup yang memiliki tanaman yang bermanfaat bagi kesehatan.



Owned by the Hospices Civils de Beaune, this remarkably well-preserved heritage site was founded in 1443 thanks to the patronage of Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor to the Duke of Burgundy, and his last wife Guigone de Salins. Conceived as a "palace for the poor", the charitable institution - entrusted by the donors to the good care of the Dames Hospitalières - remained in operation until the early 1970s, before a modern hospital, better suited to developments in healthcare, was built on the outskirts of Beaune's historic centre.

Known for its polychrome glazed tile roofs, the Hôtel-Dieu is one of the few remaining examples of late medieval civil architecture, and an important place of remembrance of hospital history. As you wander through the rooms, the centuries pass by, from the 15th to the 21st century: Let yourself be surprised by the ambience of the Salle des Pôvres or the Salle Saint-Hugues, discover the collection of furniture and tapestries, the medical instruments and the evolution of care practices; also take the time to observe each of the façades of the Cour d'Honneur, to contemplate the polyptych of the Last Judgement by Rogier van der Weyden or to sit down in the courtyard of the founders recently planted with the "Échos Polychromes" garden, a contemporary tribute to the garden of the simple... (https://www.beaune-bourgondie.nl/zien...)