Hotel Dieu in Beaune, a hospice, now a museum
The room of the Poor.
An almshouse for the poor
One of the many artistic masterpieces in the museum
Opened in 1452 for the elderly, destitute, orphans, women in childbirth. The services are still offered in modern facilities.
Hotel Dieu --A hospice for the poor
A model of the Hotel Dieu
The Last Judgement by Roger Van der Weyden, one of the many art works belonging to the museum.
Right outside the walls, the Saturday market
Carousels are in all French towns
A tasting in a local wine seller
Charolais cattle
Driving toward Cluny
In Cluny
Abbey of Cluny ruins
Remaining tower over right transept
Museum of the Cluny Abbey
The Benedictine abbey in Cluny was founded in the 10th century
Only the metal parts remain.
The aabey church was the largest in Christendom. Only the metal parts remain.
What does remain of the right transept gives you an idea of the size of the original.
All the white parts are gone now, destroyed in the French revolution.
Another view of the transept that still stands
