Hotel de Dieu

Title: Hotel de Dieu
Description: Detail image is from the Plan of Turgot, 1739, Courtesy Norman B. Leventhal Map Center—Commissioned by the Mayor of Paris, Michel-Etienne Turgot, drawn up by Louis Bretez, and engraved by Claude Lucas, the Plan of Turgot detailed the city of Paris in the 1730s. The Hotel de Dieu (hospital) sat directly across from Notre Dame Cathedral and was home to Paris’s annual dissection.
Alternative Title: Map image focusing on Notre Dame and the Hotel de Dieu

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