Site of the former communityhospital, sold in 1712 following a parliamentary
decision granting Valence responsibility for various health
services. No information on the origin or functioning
of this hospital has been traced so far. We only know
that in 1621, the Community footed a bill for seven pounds
to change the doors and that in 1681 it consisted of one
building and a small garden. The whole was mentioned as
being in a poor state in 1712 and still running in 1809
but it became a ruin at the beginning of the 20th century.
Up to the 1960s, remnants of a huge Renaissance fireplace
were still hanging from a derelict wall, where faded religous
paintings could still be seen, but whose subjects were
becoming less and less easy to distinguish.
A curious lintel was found in nearby ruins, carved with
uneven lombardic letters which read: ONE HAS TO
DIE in old French (IL FAVT MORIR). This stone
is now above the sacristy door inside the small Freneau
chapel, restored in 1925-27.
