La vieille charité is a former almshouse, now functioning as a museum and cultural center,Marseilles
La vieille charité is a former almshouse, now functioning as a museum and cultural centre, situated in the heart of the old Panier quarter of Marseille in the south of France. Constructed between 1671 and 1749 in the Baroque style to the designs of the architect Pierre Puget, it comprises four ranges of arcaded galleries in three storeys surrounding a space with a central chapel surmounted by an ovoid dome The Vieille Charité is an architectural ensemble consisting of a Pantheon like church in the middle surrounded by 3 a story high building that has arched covered walk ways facing court yard. The construction plan for La Vieille Charité although conceived in 1640 by the Marseille Town Council, was slow in taking shape and the first stone was not laid until 1671. It was to be one of Pierre Puget's most successful architectural achievements but was not, however, completed until 1749.
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Location: Panier quarter of Marseille in the south of France
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