Guided tour of the Hospitals of Saint-Maurice
Come and discover the Saint-Maurice Hospitals and their rich history! If their existence dates back to the seventeenth century and many buildings date from the nineteenth century and are classified, the Hospitals of Saint-Maurice remains a resolutely current and innovative structure, in the continuity of the context that motivated their creation and their avant-garde functioning. This visit will be an opportunity to present the different entities that make up the "Hospitals of Saint-Maurice", but also to discover their unusual and abundant history as well as those of famous people they have seen. Also the Marquis de Sade, the Empress Eugénie, André Gil or Verlaine, to name a few, will accompany you through the places crossed. In the heart of this green setting of 33 hectares, you will know everything about the old "House of Charenton", specialized in the treatment of "madness" since the old regime and the old "Imperial Asylum of Vincennes", initiated by Napoleon III for the convalescence of the wounded of the urban planning sites of the capital, then in great transformation. You will come out of this visit with a new look at this beautiful and surprising place, placing it in its important link with the surrounding territories and its rich future, at the heart of a major real estate project in the coming years.