The tomb of Marie Joly is situated in the department of Calvados, in the hamlet of Saint-Quentin, on Mont Joly, within the territory of Soumont-Saint-Quentin.
The structure was built in 1798 to house the remains of Marie Joly, a sociétaire of the Comédie-Française born in Versailles and died in Paris at the age of 37. She contracted tuberculosis four years prior while imprisoned for five months in the Paris prison of Sainte-Pélagie on the orders of Georges Jacques Danton, who suspected her of being a royalist.
The tomb, its enclosure, and an adjacent stele dedicated to melancholy have been listed as historic monuments since December 7, 1970. The site has been temporarily closed to the public for security reasons since August 2016.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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