Hôtel-Dieu (Paris)
The Hôtel-Dieu de Paris , dedicated to Saint Christopher , is the oldest hospital in Paris . It was founded in 651 by the Parisian bishop Landericus (Saint Landry) as a modest hostel in the immediate vicinity of the then cathédrale Saint-Étienne , the predecessor of today's Notre Dame Cathedral .
The Hôtel-Dieu stood on the south side of the Île de la Cité and later extended to the Rive Gauche . This made it the only building complex that stood on two banks of the Seine . The two parts were connected by a bridge, the Pont au Double .
There were three fires: 1718, 1737 and 1772.
As part of his urban planning measures, Georges-Eugène Haussmann had the old Hôtel-Dieu demolished in 1865 and replaced a few meters further with the much larger new building of today's Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu . On the Île de la Cité, it covers the entire area between the Rue de la Cité and the Rue d'Arcole , the Parvis Notre-Dame Cathedral forecourt and the Quai de la Corse, an area of around three hectares. The architect of this new building was Arthur-Stanislas Diet (1827–1890).
Among the medical professionals who worked at the Hôtel-Dieu were:
- Ambroise Paré (1533-1536)
- Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771–1802)
- Apollinaire Bouchardat (1806-1886)
- Pierre-Joseph Desault (1744–1795)
- Paul Georges Dieulafoy (1839-1911)
- Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835)
- Joseph Forlenze (1757-1833)
- Henri Albert Hartmann (1860–1952)
- Louis Lémery (1677-1743)
- Philippe-Jean Pelletan (1747-1829)
- Joseph-Claude-Anthèlme Récamier (1774-1852)
- Philibert-Joseph Roux (1780-1854)
- Antoine-Joseph Jobert de Lamballe (1799–1867)
- Armand Trousseau (1801-1867)
- Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (1818–1879)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 17 " N , 2 ° 20 ′ 56" E