Richaud Hospital: between history and memories

Name: Richaud Hospital: between history and memories
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Espace Richaud - Ancien hôpital royal

On the occasion of the 40th edition of the European Heritage Days, immerse yourself in the unprecedented exhibition retracing the history of the royal hospital.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free entry

Lévy Fils et Compagnie, Paris, "Versailles, l'Hôpital civil", carte postale, début XXe siècle, Inv. 1 Fi 740. Archives communales de Versailles

On the occasion of the 40th edition of the European Heritage Days, immerse yourself in the unique exhibition retracing the history of the royal hospital.
Through the works on display, discover how this place has lived and evolved over the centuries. Let yourself also be carried by the filmed testimonies of those who knew the hospital in operation!
At the rendezvous : archival documents from the 16th to 20th centuries, pharmacy jars, watercolor and silverware from the royal infirmary. Both captivating and moving, the filmed testimonies plunge us into the heart of Versailles life. They are an invaluable contribution to the knowledge and memory of the place.

About the location

Espace Richaud - Ancien hôpital royal

78 boulevard de la Reine 78000 Versailles

Yvelines
Île-de-France

Begun in 1781 under the direction of architect Charles-François Darnaudin, the construction of the Royal Hospital of Versailles lasted for nearly 80 years, and was not completed until 1859\. After the transfer of hospital activities to the Mignot site in 1981, Richaud would experience long years of abandonment, resulting in rapid degradation and even destruction caused by three soothing fires, including the latest one in 2009\. The safeguarding and rehabilitation of the site took place over a period of four years and allowed the redevelopment of a major urban area of Versailles, located between the Versailles Rive-Droite station and the Notre-Dame district.