The Espace van Gogh was originally built in the sixteenth century as Arles main hospital and it remained as such well into the twentieth. It's major claim to fame is that it was here that Van Gogh was committed after the infamous episode of cutting off his left earlobe in December 1888.
The courtyard has been extensively planted out to resemble as closely as possible his famous painting "Le Jardin de l'Hôtel de Dieu".
The complex now houses the town library as well as exhibition spaces, a series of souvenir shops and a cafe.

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Espace van Gogh - Arles

"Le Jardin de l'Hôtel de Dieu" by Vincent van Gogh

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