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蔡芷涵In 1671 the French royal family ordered the construction of a shelter for the poor, the Ancient Relief House (Hospice de la Vieille Charité), with the main purpose of building a shelter for the poor and ill migrants on the streets of Marseille. It was a strange selfishness, not out of compassion, because the nobles demanded that the poor should not leave the shelter at will, and they did not like to see them wandering around Marseille. The Palaeolithic Relief Center has an artistic courtyard, the Museum of Archaeology (Musée d''Archéologie) and the Museum of African Art, Ocean and American Indian Arts. In 1671, the nobles of Marseille were "poor and beggars" A sanctuary was established, the old relief house in the old town of Marseille. The main body of the relief house is divided into two parts: the hospital of Pierre and the church of the dome, designed by Pierre, the architect of the royal palace of Louis 14, Paris. It has an Italian Renaissance style, but is simpler and simpler. After several renovations, the relief house has become a comprehensive collection of Mediterranean archaeological museums, Egyptian antiquities museums, African art museums, and the French Academy of Social Sciences. The Hexue Cultural Center. It is said that the completion of the ancient relief house was not because of the compassion of the Marseille nobles, but because of their strange mentality similar to "cleanliness", they have had enough of the poor who have been running around in the streets of Marseille for a long time. So they simply built this shelter, forced them to live in it, and they were not allowed to leave at will, but hundreds of years later, the building was of great use.

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