The Hôtel Dieu Saint Jacques of Toulouse !!

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I am coming back updating some older posts that needed refresh text and links for you and me, This is one of my favorite cities of France and very sentimental family side,  I have to tell you about this off the beaten path monument , The building is imposing and now even has a museum inside, sublime ! Ah the City is Toulouse in the Haute Garonne dept 31 of the Occitanie region of my belle France.  This time I do justice to the Hôtel Dieu Saint Jacques of Toulouse !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques is a former hospital located at 2 rue Viguerie (by Port Viguerie). Already in operation from the 12C on the left bank of the Garonne river, it became the largest hospital in Toulouse following its numerous expansions in the 17-18C. In addition, it brings together two museums; the museum installed in the Jean de Rudelle space at the entrance to the Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques, completes the Museum of the history of medicine and the collections sheltered in the heritage rooms of the Hôtel-Dieu. As well as a mixed public / private laboratory dedicated to the study of the skin. Finally, it is currently the administrative center of the various care units of the CHU grouped under the generic name of Toulouse Hospitals.

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The first hospital in Toulouse, the Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques was originally founded in 1120 as a religious establishment responsible for providing food and shelter for pilgrims, caring for the sick and helping the needy. The Sainte-Marie de la Daurade Hospital is soon to be doubled by the Nouvel Hospital, which come together to form the Saint-Jacques Hospital in Bout-du-Pont. Indeed, sending the ailing to the other side of the river in relation to the city was in fact a pragmatic asset in the event of an epidemic (plague, tuberculosis, leprosy) because it made it possible to easily establish a quarantine by closing the bridge! And in fact, the only bridge that crossed the Garonne river until the construction of the Pont-Neuf ended at the Hôtel-Dieu. One can observe only one obvious trace of these successive works frequently washed away by water, that of the Pont-Vieux of which there remains today only a single pile forming a balcony in the center of the facade overlooking the river.

The main body of the building is also used as a dike to limit the floods which regularly ravage the Saint-Cyprien district. It should be noted that the Hôtel-Dieu is today one of the emblematic monuments of the city of Toulouse and an UNESCO World Heritage site since 1998 under the Camino de Santiago de Compostela (way of St James of Compostelle) from which it takes its name and its shell-shaped emblem.

The City of Toulouse and its heritage : https://metropole.toulouse.fr/sortir/patrimoine/decouvrir-le-patrimoine/balades-patrimoniales-et-balades-architecturales

The official CHU hospitals of Toulouse on the Hôtel Dieu : https://www.chu-toulouse.fr/-hotel-dieu-saint-jacques-

The official museum of medical instruments of the hospitals of Toulouse (hôtel-Dieu): https://www.toulouse-tourisme.com/activite/musee-des-instruments-de-medecine-des-hopitaux-de-toulouse/

There you go folks, a nice historical site of my belle France and a wonderful place to walk by it in the great city of pink and just a wonderful time always. It is worth the detour, me think on a visit while in Toulouse ! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Hôtel Dieu Saint Jacques of Toulouse !! as I

And remember , happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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