Hôpital Caroline

  • Historic site and monument
  • 19th C
Ile Ratonneau Archipel du Frioul 13007 Marseille 7ème
This major work of Michel-Robert Penchaud (1772-1833), this sanitary establishment was conceived as a "machine to cure" yellow fever. However, by the time it was returned to the health authorities in 1828, this terrible scourge no longer threatened the Mediterranean basin.

Rehabilitated by the architect Vaucher, the Caroline Hospital became the new lazaretto of Marseilles, after the destruction of the continental lazaretto of Arenc around 1850. Its activity is still mentioned during the...
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Hôpital Caroline
Ile Ratonneau Archipel du Frioul 13007 Marseille 7ème
Updated on 22 May 2023 at 12:46
by Office de Tourisme des Loisirs et des Congrès de Marseille
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