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L'Hermitage Gantois, Autograph Collection
Lille, France · Autograph Collection · Core Luxury
Founded in 1462 by wealthy merchant Jean de Le Cambe, nicknamed the Gantois, L'Hermitage Gantois spent five centuries as a hospice sheltering thirteen poor elderly men tended by Augustinian sisters until 1995. After sheltering wounded soldiers in the 1940 Battle of Lille, the landmark reopened in 2003 as a hotel preserving its 1666 Flemish Baroque chapel, a rare Saint Piat fresco, and guest rooms in former nuns' cells.
- 89 rooms
- Opened 2003
- Neighborhood: Lille-Centre
About L'Hermitage Gantois, Autograph Collection
- Founded in 1462 by wealthy merchant Jean de Le Cambe, nicknamed the Gantois, the building served as a hospital for thirteen poor elderly men for over five centuries.
- Augustinian sisters tended the sick here until the hospice closed in 1995, having also sheltered wounded soldiers during the 1940 Battle of Lille.
- It reopened as a hotel in 2003, preserving a rare medieval fresco of Saint Piat and a Flemish Baroque chapel added in 1666.
- Some guest rooms occupy the former cells of the nuns who once lived there.
History
L'Hermitage Gantois occupies one of Lille's oldest surviving institutions, the Hospice Gantois, founded in 1462 by Jean de Le Cambe, a wealthy alabaster and wax merchant and city alderman nicknamed "the Gantois." He endowed the building as a hospital and shelter for thirteen poor and elderly men, entrusting their care to the Augustinian sisters, who tended the sick here for more than five centuries. The complex grew over time, gaining a Flemish Baroque chapel in 1666 and a series of cloistered courtyards, and its historical importance was recognized when it was classified a Historic Monument in 1923 and again in 1967.
The hospice remained in continuous charitable use until 1995, having even served as a refuge for wounded soldiers during the Battle of Lille in 1940. After it ceased activity, the landmark was meticulously restored and reopened in 2003 as a luxury hotel, preserving its cloister, wood-paneled library, and medieval frescoes, including a rare fresco of Saint Piat. Now part of Marriott's Autograph Collection, the hotel blends five hundred years of heritage with contemporary comfort, some of its rooms occupying the former cells of the nuns who once lived here.
The setting
6-minute walk to Le Palais Des Beaux Arts de Lille. 15-minute walk to Gare de Lille-Europe.
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Steam room
- Pet-friendly
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