1720 Epidemic in Le Puy

Epidemics are a part of life and Le Puy has had its share. In 1720, the people of the Le Puy region lived through a terrible epidemic, which began in Marseille and quickly spread toward Le Puy. Authorities ordered the people to quarantine themselves. The plague traumatized the population. This painting hangs in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Puy and represents a procession passing through the Place du For in thanks to Our Lady to whom people prayed to stop the epidemic of 1660.