The former pharmacy of the Jesuits of Lyon was installed in 1765 in the hospice built in the eighteenth century by Pierre-Antoine Caristia. It will seduce you with its artistically carved woodwork and its painted canvas ceiling.
Located on the ground floor of the old hospice, it serves as a pharmacy for the inhabitants of Montluel from 1765 to 1942. This hospice was built by the entrepreneur Pierre Caristia from 1741 to 1744, then destroyed by fire, rebuilt and put into service in 1748 with the financial support of the lord of Montluel. The apothecary operated from November 1765 to 1942 and the old hospice until 1976. In addition to the collection of 18th century earthenware, the furniture will hold your attention by its richness, including a pietà sheltered in a niche in the shape of a shell, bronze mortars, earthenware and porcelain pots and a game table... The Apothecary was classified in the Inventory of Historical Monuments in 1966.
Several other pieces of furniture were classified on January 11, 1961: paneling and ceiling (woodwork and painted ceiling of the seventeenth century); pharmacy pots of 1766 in faience, bronze art of 1749 made by the bronzer Ducray. On October 11, 2005, another series of furniture elements is classified: A game table ordered in 1765 and manufactured by the cabinetmaker François Page, a mortar and pestle in bronze dated 1663.