⚰️ Aître Saint Maclou
Renaissance ossuary and art gallery in Rouen
📋 Fast Facts
- Built 1526–1533 as a plague charnel house in Rouen, Normandy
- Gothic-Renaissance courtyard with carved wooden galleries depicting death imagery
- Originally held remains of thousands of plague victims from medieval epidemics
- Now contains fine art collections and functions as a museum and cultural venue
Aître Saint Maclou is a 16th-century ossuary located in central Rouen, constructed during the Renaissance to address the ...