The word "aître"is a French bastardisation of the Latin word "atrium". This place was originally an ossuary surrounding a cemetery. People were buried in the soil and later dug up, the bones stacked into the wooden frame surrounding the courtyard. In the 1700s, all human remains were relocated outside the city and the wooden frames holding the bones were converted in rooms for priests, poor schools for boys and a boarding school for little girls.
It is commonly thought that the youthful innocence and pure energies from children will serve to counter the dark energies of death.
The mummy of a cat placed into one of the original mud walls, likely to confer some magical protection.
A panoramic view of the courtyard.
The cloister right next to the courtyard.
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