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to close out his life on a philanthropic, rather than a greedy, note). So, in 1443 Rolin paid
to build this place. It was completed in just eight years and served as a hospital until 1971,
whenthelastpatientcheckedout.TheHospicesdeBeaunebeganopeningitsdoorstovis-
itors in the 1950s, although it wasn't fully open to tourists until the early 1980s. You'll
notice Hospices de Beaune on wine labels in fine shops—they are Burgundy's largest
landowner of precious vineyards, thanks to donations made by patients over the centuries
(and still happening today).
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