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 Aître Saint Maclou by MartinaH
Today it's the home of the Regional Fine Arts School.
Near the entry is a glass case with a sceleton of a cat inside. It was found in the walls of the building... weird... Leave a Comment
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Half timbered buildings were erected along four sides of this yard between 1526 and 1533. The ground floor used to be open galleries like in ordinary cloisters. The attic was used as a charnel house. Leave a Comment
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Walking along Rue Martaiville you can see on the left a wide courtyard called Aìtre Saint-Maclou. The name comes from the latin atrium which mean courtyard.
This courtyard is a wonderful example of Medieval ossuary built between 1526 and 1533 during the pestilence ages.
The wide courtyard has got an architecture a colombage on its sides and on the pillars yuo can see as decorations bones, skulls and death figures.
Today it is home of the Ecole of Beaux Arts. Leave a Comment Address: Rue Martainville
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The aitre (atrium) of St.-Maclou is a courtyard surrounded by a series of two-level half-timbered buildings, the upper floors of which were used as a charnel house (ossuary). They were built from 1526-33. The lower level was originally open giving the area a cloister-like effect. There is a frieze running between the floors that is carved with memento mori:skull and crossbones, spades, sickles, hour glasses, etc. On the vertical shafts are worn carvings that presumably illustrate the Dance of Death, but we were not familiar with that when we were there last and did not attempt to capture such details on film (we became informed about that Custom during an Off the Beaten Path Chartres visit;See those Tips). The courtyard served as a temporary cemetery until the bones were in condition to be moved to the ossuary. The lower level today is closed in and the buildings are used as part of the School of Fine Arts and Architecture. Leave a Comment
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the history goes back to the black epidemy of 1348, which killed Three quarters of the population of the district. It was here that a new cementary was built,the aître saint Maclou. Three galleries were built around the cementary between 1526 and 1533 to serve as usuary.
The south gallery always served as a school and today houses the Ecole Régionale des Beaux Arts ( regional school of fine arts). In the windows, near the entry door, it is place the skeleton of a cat, discovered in the walls. It is without doubt a black cat (the devil) enclosed alive in the wooden vault to put away the bad spirits
The Aître ST Maclou is open :
From april 1 to october 31, every day from 8-20h,
From november 1 to March 31, every day from 8-19h. Leave a Comment Address: pl saint MaclouDirections: st maclou just behind the cathedral area perpendicular to the river seineWebsite: http://www.rouentourisme.com/
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The history of this strange, yet exceptional site dates back from the Great Plague of 1348, which killed three-fourth of the parish. The Aître Saint-Maclou was thus built as a plague cemetery. The building now is home to the Regional Fine Arts School. Leave a Comment Address: Rue Martainville, Rouen
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Little further into the quarter one can also visit the beautiful courtyard of Saint Maclou. A green oasis inside the busy streets of Rouen's citycentre. Leave a Comment
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