Half-timbered houses in Bourges – Maisons à pans de bois à Bourges

Bourges has an amazing number of very well-preserved half-timbered houses of which these are just a few of the easiest to photograph. Between 1000 and 2000 houses were destroyed by fire in 1487 but more were soon built and today there are more than 440 houses from this reconstruction. After the fire new regulations required …

The Tithe Barn – La grange aux dîmes

This 13th century tithe barn is just across the road from the cathedral. it was used to store rents and tithes. Farmers were required to give one-tenth of their produce to the canons of the church. It’s a pity we couldn’t go inside. Ce bâtiment, construit au XIIIe à proximité de la cathédrale, servait à …