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Ancien hôpital

Hautefort, Dordogne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Hôpital (ancien) , y compris la chapelle qui sert d'église paroissiale : classement par arrêté du 27 août 1931
Protection dates
1931/08/27 : classé MH
Type
hôpital
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Dates
1670
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Hautefort
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.25913, 1.14929
Mérimée reference
PA00082577

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église est l'ancienne chapelle de l'hôtel-Dieu fondé en 1669. Les travaux commencèrent en 1670. De cet hôpital subsiste aujourd'hui le sanctuaire en rotonde de la chapelle, surmonté d'un dôme, à la rencontre du bras d'une croix grecque. A cette rotonde aboutissent quatre corps de logis composés chacun d'un rez-de-chaussée voûté et d'un étage. L'un des rez-de-chaussée constitue la nef de la chapelle. Les sept autres salles communiquent aussi avec le sanctuaire par un système de volets ou de clôtures à clairevoie. Les volets étaient ouverts à l'heure des offices, permettant ainsi aux malades d'y assister. Au corps de logis situé derrière le sanctuaire sont reliés des bâtiments plus bas.

English translation

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The church is the former chapel of the hôtel-Dieu founded in 1669. Work began in 1670. Of this hospital there remains today the rotunda sanctuary of the chapel, surmounted by a dome, at the meeting of the arm of a Greek cross. To this rotunda lead four main dwellings each composed of a vaulted ground floor and a first floor. One of the ground floors constitutes the nave of the chapel. The other seven rooms also communicate with the sanctuary by a system of shutters or open lattice closures. The shutters were opened at the time of services, thus allowing the sick to attend. To the main dwelling situated behind the sanctuary are connected lower buildings.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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