Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, March 15, 2014: Hospices de Beaune, France
March 15, 2014
Besides wine, the town of Beaune in the Burgundy region of France, is most famous for a roof. Built in 1443 as a hospital for the poor by Duke Philip, known as “The Good”, the HÔtel-Dieu des Hospices de Beaune continued caring for people of the community until 1970.