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June 22, 2018
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The previous post ended with our time at the Aître Saint-Maclou and my rant about tour guides. We’d seen one of the tetrad of Late or Flamboyant Gothic style buildings. Now we’re on our way to the second – likely …
June 19, 2018
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A brief Danse-Macabre. Nearly abutting l’Église Saint-Maclou you can find the euphemistically named Aître Saint-Maclou. A more precise name would be Ossuaire Saint-Maclou or the Saint Maclou Ossuary. There are a few reasons for this linguistic diversion. Derived from the …
June 19, 2018
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Following the French victory at the Battle of Castillon in 1453 that effectively ended the Hundred Years War (Fighting ceased but a formal treaty wasn’t signed until 1475.), Rouen began a gradual return to prosperity. The city’s economic upturn at …