Tag: Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune
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The Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune, a testament to the health benefits of religious charity and vineyards
Kate Elizabeth Shipman Sudarshan Ramachandran Birmingham, United Kingdom Introduction Exterior shot of L’Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune, Burgundy, taken from within the central courtyard. (photographed by S Ramachandran) Charitable hospitals are fairly ubiquitous worldwide and are often associated with religion. Indeed the earliest known institutes devoted to healing were Egyptian temples, followed by ancient Greek temples devoted…