Baroque
front
of the Froissard mansion house
Super
altar in the chapel at the Orphanage (17th C)
The
Hôtel Dieu and the Ladies of ounans convent
The
Charity convent (now part of Nodier highschool)
Built
between 1700 and 1760 this institution used to shelter the pooor and
the orphans.
The
"Visitation" convent cloister
The Hôtel
Dieu by night
And on the left bank of the Doubs river,
beyond the Norman Bridge :
A rose-window at the Hospital of the Holy Spirit (16th C)
Contemporary stained glass.
A fine example of admirable restoration by the present owner.
Photos Dubuc ©.
The
cloister at the Minim convent (17th C)
Push the gates open and here they are
offered to the passers by.
One of the architectural characteristics of Dole is the great number of staircases dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. Whether they are still ouside or already inside buildings, from the most humble one in wood to the most elaborate one in marble from Sampans and wrought iron, they are all very beautiful and sometimes offer quite surprising technical innovations which are due either to the diminutive room or to the wish to make the life of ill or disabled persons easier as it appears at the Hôtel Dieu where the steps have been worked out so as to make it easier and easier as one climbs them up.
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The Champagney mansion house
The Froissard mansion house : twin stairs so as to let the horse-drawn cabs
ride in and out
Tricalet de Taxenne mansion house
Rue des Arènes
Rue de Besançon
Rue du Collège
Stairs in wood in rue des Arènes
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Charity convent entrance (18th c)
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Staircases in rue de Besançon (17th C)
Rare helicoidal stairs (15th C) rue de Besançon
Staircase
at the Hôtel Dieu
Citeaux mansion house
The law courts
