Hôtel-Dieu
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Hôtel-Dieu is the old name given to the principal hospital
in French
towns, for instance:
Hôtel-Dieu may also be a reference to certain hospitals in other countries:
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
in French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
towns, for instance:
- The Hôtel-Dieu de LyonHôtel-Dieu de LyonHôtel-Dieu de Lyon is a functioning hospital of historical significance situated on the west bank of the Rhone river, on the "Presque-isle" ....
, created in 1478 - The Hôtel-DieuHôtel-Dieu de ParisThe Hôtel-Dieu de Paris is regarded as the oldest hospital in the city of Paris, France, and is the most central of the Assistance publique - hôpitaux de Paris hospitals. The hospital is linked to the Faculté de Médecine Paris-Descartes...
in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
was founded in the year AD 660660Year 660 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 660 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Slavic principality of Carantania is first...
, has been extended at various times, and was entirely rebuilt between 1868-1878. - One of the most ancient in France is at AngersAngersAngers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
, dating from AD 1153. - The Hôtel-Dieu, Beaune (Côte-d'OrCôte-d'OrCôte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...
), founded 1443, is one of the most interesting. as it retains the picturesque disposition of its courtyard, with covered galleries on two storeys and large dormer windows. - The great hall of the Hôtel-Dieu at Tonnerre, YonneYonneYonne is a French department named after the Yonne River. It is one of the four constituent departments of Burgundy in eastern France and its prefecture is Auxerre. Its official number is 89....
(1338), nearly 60 feet (18.3 m) wide and over 300 feet (91.4 m) long, is still preserved as part of the chief hospital of the town.
Hôtel-Dieu may also be a reference to certain hospitals in other countries:
- Hôtel-Dieu de MontréalHôtel-Dieu de MontréalThe Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal is the oldest hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Since 1996 it has been one of the three hospitals making up the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ....
, in Montréal. - Hôtel-Dieu de QuébecHôtel-Dieu de QuébecThe Hotel-Dieu de Québec is a teaching hospital located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada and affiliated with Université Laval's medical school. It is part of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec , a network of three teaching hospitals and several specialized institutions. Its areas of...
, in Quebec City, the first (and oldest) hospital in North America. - Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation CentreHotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation CentreThe Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre is a specialty healthcare centre in the south-end of St. Catharines, Ontario. Its mandate is to provide complex continuing care and rehabilitation services to patients in the city and Niagara Region....
, formerly the Hotel Dieu Hospital in St. Catharines, OntarioSt. Catharines, OntarioSt. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...
. - Hôtel-Dieu Grace HospitalHôtel-Dieu Grace HospitalHôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital is a tertiary acute care hospital located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The hospital was created in 1994 when two existing hospitals, Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph's Hôtel-Dieu of St...
of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. An offshoot of the Hotel-Dieu de Montreal. Opened in 1890 and continues to serve as a full service hospital in Windsor. - Hotel Dieu of Kingston, Ontario Canada. An Ambulatory Care Teaching Hospital for Southeastern Ontario Health Sciences Centre for more than 160 years serving Kingston, OntarioKingston, OntarioKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
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- Hôtel-Dieu de FranceHôtel-Dieu de FranceThe Hôtel-Dieu de France is one of the three leading Lebanese medical centers, and oldest French active hospital in Beirut, Lebanon.Located on Alfred Naccache Boulevard, Beirut...
, Beirut Lebanon.HDF is a private hospital owned by the French state and managed by the Université Saint-Joseph.