Hôpital-hospice (ancien Hôtel-Dieu)

English translation

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History

The hôtel-Dieu was founded in 1182, Nogent-le-Rotrou being a place of passage on the road to Compostela. In the 17th century, the hôtel-Dieu consisted of the agglomeration, around the chapel, of small independent and separate houses. In 1641, Sully chose to be buried there, outside the church because of his reformed faith. His widow, Rachel de Cochefilet, had a mausoleum erected covered with slate and decorated with a lily branch, which houses the tomb and the praying figures, sculptured by Baudin. In 1643 the construction of the portal was commissioned to allow access to Sully's tomb. From 1728 to 1732, construction of the men's ward in the place of the house of the Voûtes. From 1772 onwards, the women's ward was erected adjoining it. It was in this main building that the private oratory of the hôtel-Dieu was placed. Building B on the courtyard was occupied by the pharmacy and the dormitory of the Sisters of Saint-Vincent de Paul, who directed the hôtel-Dieu from 1672. It was modified and enlarged in 1861. In 1818 a hospice for the elderly was created, called the "hospital of the Bonshommes" (location of building C), entirely rebuilt in 1861. Work continued until 1866, under the direction of architect Lebart, to add a storey to the main body and to erect a projecting wing to the east for bathrooms supplied with running water. In 1868, elevation of the staircase turret on the west façade. A military hospital was created in 1878, partly in wing D and in the wing on the street. The hospital expanded further in 1933 by the creation of the maternity ward.