Saint-Maclou Church & Aître Saint-Maclou
Église Saint-Maclou
A masterpiece of Flamboyant Gothic architecture. Next door lies a medieval plague cemetery whose timber beams are carved with scenes of the “Dance of Death.”
Saint-Maclou Church was built between 1437 and 1517 and is a leading example of Flamboyant Gothic style. The five fan-shaped portals on its west façade are carved as intricately as lace. Nearby is the Aître Saint-Maclou, a cloister-style charnel house built after the Black Death of 1348 to bury the dead. The half-timbered buildings around it have beams and posts carved with skulls, gravediggers' tools and scenes of the Danse Macabre. A dried cat is also embedded in one of the walls. Both sites are free and are located in the half-timbered old quarter just east of the cathedral.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Historial Jeanne d'Arc
- Abbey of Saint-Ouen, Rouen
- Rouen Cathedral & Old Town
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
- Gros-Horloge, Rouen
- Place du Vieux-Marché & Church of St Joan of Arc
- Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey
- Jumièges Abbey