Walking tour - The plague in Bourges

Name: Visite pédestre - La peste à Bourges
Start: 2022-09-18T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Hôtel-Dieu

To better understand how the inhabitants have come through and managed these dramatic episodes, go with Benoît Quatre, associate professor of history and geography at Lycée Alain-Fournier.

Dimanche 18 septembre 2022, 14h00Passat

©Ville de Bourges

The history of Bourges has been marked by many epidemics including several plague. To understand how the inhabitants lived through and managed these dramatic episodes, discover the main places that bear witness to this history in the company of Benoît Quatre

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

À propos du lieu

Hôtel-Dieu

26 rue Gambon, 18000 Bourges

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Centre-Val de Loire

The Hôtel-Dieu was built in the XVIth century. It is typical of the hospitable(hospital) architecture of this time(period): the chapel pine nut of which the wall looks onto the street Shrimp is extended by a room of the sick and a cooking(kitchen). Two other buildings(ships) of classic style were added to the XVIIth century to increase the possibilities of welcome(reception) of the sick and of the staff of service(department). They are the work of architecture of Bourges Jean Lejuge.

Etiquetas

Édifice hospitalier, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Monument historique

Accès

parking, city bus

Ville de Bourges

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