Vieille Charité

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Chapel with arcade gallery

The Vieille Charité ( German : "Alte Charité") is a former hospice for the poor in the French city of Marseille . It is located in the center of the Panier district and today serves as a museum and cultural center. It houses the archaeological collection of the Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne and the Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens.

The poor house was built between 1671 and 1749 according to the plans of the architect Pierre Puget . He designed a three-story arcade gallery that encloses a rectangular courtyard and a chapel . The building was intended to house the sick, the poor and the homeless , but also for families who lost their homes because of the construction of the stock exchange in a demolished district on the Vieux Port .

The baroque chapel is elliptical in shape and was built in 1704 with an egg-shaped dome . The classical vestibule with Corinthian columns was added in 1863. During this time the Charité was converted into a barracks . After the Second World War , victims of the German destruction were taken in the building. After several years of house occupation , the facility was evacuated in 1962 because it was dilapidated and only underwent a full restoration in the last few years . Concerts and exhibitions have been held in the house since 1985.

literature

  • Thorsten Droste : Provence: ancient arenas, Romanesque cloisters, cities with history - a journey through France's sunny province. 7th edition. Reiseverlag Dumont, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-3927-9 , p. 264.
  • Ines Mache, Stefan Brandenburg: Provence. 7th revised and completely updated edition. Reise Know-How Verlag Rump, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-8317-2022-4 , pp. 406-407.
  • Cony Ziegler: Provence with Camargue. Travel book publisher Iwanowski. 2nd updated edition. Dormagen 2009, ISBN 978-3-933041-54-8 , pp. 468-469.

Web links

Commons : La Vieille Charité  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ines Mache, Stefan Brandenburg: Provence. 2011, pp. 406-407.
  2. ↑ a b c Cony Ziegler: Provence with Camargue. 2009, p. 468.

Coordinates: 43 ° 18 ′ 0.7 "  N , 5 ° 22 ′ 4"  E