Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Teaching hospital in 13th arrondissement, France
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital encompasses multiple buildings spread across 90 acres featuring baroque architecture and a monumental chapel built in 1675.
The facility originated in 1657 when Louis XIV converted a gunpowder factory into a hospital for poor women, combining it with the Pitié hospice for children.
The hospital gained medical prominence through Philippe Pinel's reforms in psychiatric care and Jean-Martin Charcot's influential lectures on neurological conditions.
The hospital maintains specialized departments in neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry while serving as a teaching facility affiliated with Sorbonne University.
During the September Massacres of 1792, a mob stormed the hospital to free imprisoned women, marking a critical moment in the French Revolution.
Location: 13th arrondissement of Paris
Inception: 1657
Architects: Antoine Duval, Libéral Bruant, Louis Le Vau, Pierre Le Muet, Henri Prudhomme
Architectural style: baroque architecture
Part of: Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group
Website: https://pitiesalpetriere.aphp.fr
GPS coordinates: 48.83700,2.36500
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:36
Gare d'Austerlitz
585 m
Halle Freyssinet
500 m
Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière
219 m
Cité de la mode et du design
574 m
Pont Charles-de-Gaulle
675 m
Art Ludique
553 m
Quai d'Austerlitz
526 m
Église Saint-Marcel
408 m
Parvis Alan-Turing
486 m
La Danse de la fontaine emergente
478 m
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Sagesse
637 m
Federica Montseny Garden
400 m
Joan of Arc, Liberator of France
604 m
Port d'Austerlitz
557 m
Jardin James-Joyce
638 m
Square Marie-Curie
432 m
Jardin d'immeubles du boulevard de l'Hôpital
688 m
Kheops Tower
410 m
Jardin de la Raffinerie Say
616 m
Square Gustave-Mesureur
408 m
5 rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, Paris
636 m
Viaduc du boulevard Vincent-Auriol
521 m
Jardin de la rue Poliveau
649 m
Square Dunois
384 m
Monument to Philippe Pinel
421 m
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
643 m
Théâtre Dunois
595 m
Siège du Droit humain international
527 mReviews
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