The history of this strange place dates back to the Great Plague of 1348. Thousands died in Rouen and a new cemetery had to be opened: the Aître Saint-Maclou. Plague victims were buried here in large communal graves. The court is surrounded by wooden panelled buildings with funerary elements such as a depiction of a macabre dance, a frieze decorated with sculls and leg bones etc.

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