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Sint Jacobsgasthuis

Location Schiedam The Netherlands

Constructed in: 1787

Typology: hospital / orphanage

Architect: C.G.F. Giudici

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The "Sint Jacobsgasthuis" is a complex in #Schiedam (Zuid-Holland). It was built in 1787 by Jan Giudici on the site of a medieval hospital; one of his major works. The building features a neoclassical facade and two projecting side wings enclosing a forecourt. The wings have corner pavilions styled as mansions with floors, hipped roofs with chimneys, rusticated central projections with entrances, and rusticated corner pilasters. Windows have sash frames with small panes.

Sint Jacobsgasthuis