{"id":53897,"date":"2021-12-31T20:06:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T19:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paris-promeneurs.com\/guided-tour-of-the-salpetriere-hospital\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:40:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:40:43","slug":"guided-tour-of-the-salpetriere-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paris-promeneurs.com\/en\/guided-tour-of-the-salpetriere-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided tour The Salp\u00eatri\u00e8re Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L’h\u00f4pital de la Salp\u00eatri\u00e8re<\/p><\/div>\n

Built between 1658 and 1780 by\u00a0most famous french architects such as Liberal Bruant, Louis le Vau, Antoine Duval, Germain Boffrand and Jacques Antoine Payen, the Paris hospital La Salp\u00e9tri\u00e8re belongs to the general Paris hospitals founded under Louis XIV. Designed by\u00a0Louis Le Vau, the Saint Louis chapel<\/strong> is topped with a baroque dome, whereas the hospital buildings are typical of the French classical style.<\/p>\n

The hospital was a place not to cure but to confine the needy women, disabled and insane women<\/strong>. A prison <\/strong>(prison de la Force) was added in 1680 to incarcerate the criminals, witches and prostitutes. Then, many orphan girls and prostitutes were deported<\/strong> to populate the French colonies in America : Louisiane and Qu\u00e9bec. The insane women\u00a0were incarcerated in poor conditions until the French Revolution when Philippe Pinel<\/strong>, a qualified medical officer expert in psychiatry<\/strong> implemented radical changes in the diagnosis of mental diseases. Then Jean-Martin Charcot<\/strong> established a new medical discipline, the neurology<\/strong>, and created the famous “Ecole de la Salp\u00eatri\u00e8re”<\/strong>. We will comment Pinel and Charcot ‘s works during the tour.<\/p>\n

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La chapelle de la Salp\u00eatri\u00e8re<\/p><\/div>\n

Usefull information\u00a0 :<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2013 Meeting point : outside Saint-Marcel metro station (line 5).
\n\u2013 Duration : 1 hour 30 minutes.
\n\u2013 Guided tour in English. Your booking request must be made at least two months ahead<\/strong> because the access to the hospital is restricted to one single group at a time.<\/p>\n

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La prison de la Force<\/p><\/div>\n

Prices :<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Important : this tour is restricted to groups from 10 people and more. We don’t organize tours for single people, couples or groups from less than 10 people.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u2013 group from 10 people :\u00a015 \u20ac<\/strong>\u00a0per participant
\n\u2013 school groups or students : 12 \u20ac<\/strong>\u00a0per participant (minimum 10 participants).
\n\u2013 a donation of 30 \u20ac<\/strong> is due on top by the group to the hospital in order to contribute to the restoration of the Saint-Louis chapel.<\/p>\n

Booking :<\/h2>\n

To book a guided tour, thank you for\u00a0completing our form<\/strong><\/a>. Your booking request must be made at least two months ahead<\/strong>. We will get back to you shortly.<\/p>\n

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L’h\u00f4pital de la Salp\u00eatri\u00e8re : la rue des Archers<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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