Roots EarthMarseille, France
The 1720 Plague and the Observance Mass Grave
An unmarked residential corner covers the Observance plague grave, used during Marseille’s renewed epidemic in 1722. Archaeology here connected the city’s devastating outbreak with modern study of burial practice, health and disease.
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Location
Coordinates: 43.301618, 5.3682291