Musee Traditions et Vie devient Vie en Dombes en 1900, Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne

Pretty place.

Monument.. Facades and roofs, two staircases with their wrought iron banisters and cages; on the ground floor: chapel, two sick rooms with their grill, apothecary with its cupboards for pots, room with its cupboards currently used as a meeting room, rooms currently used as a dining room (cad. C 1197): classification by decree of November 25, 1982 History: In 1727, reconstruction of the old hospital which had twelve beds in 1372. The old building was completely demolished, along with the surrounding houses. The Duke of Orleans donated part of the ramparts and the tower which form the west facade of the new construction. A chapel is fitted out in the tower, the sick ward extends it to the south as well as a building at right angles where the various services were installed. In 1778, construction of a second room identical to the first, to the north of the chapel, followed by a building at right angles to the existing one to the south. In 1832, construction of the building in return, to the south of the gate, serving as a stake, an attic and a depository for the deceased. In 1907, construction of the hospice and maternity. The northern extension is built in place of the old chapel of the Penitents, destroyed in 1900. Construction periods: 18th century, 19th century Info monumentum.fr