Hospices de Beaune

With little more than 20,000 inhabitants Beaune is just a small city. And yet it can boast of a truly spectacular monument from the Late Middle Ages, the Hospices de Beaune, also known as the Hôtel-Dieu. The Hospices are a hospital and alms-house, founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin (1376-1462),…

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Notre-Dame de Beaune

Second only to the Hospices de Beaune, the collegiate church of Notre-Dame de Beaune is the most beautiful monument that this charming Burgundian town has in store for visitors. There was probably already a church at this spot in the tenth century. The current church dates from the second half…

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