tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3992904340764114203..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Montrésor (nº 12)Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81040030741049641022017-12-05T03:09:52.206+01:002017-12-05T03:09:52.206+01:00These days, half-timbering seems to be marketed as...These days, half-timbering seems to be marketed as a particularly English style. But most of the oldest examples date from the 15th century or thereabouts, so perhaps that building method crossed the Channel with the Normans.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44303386098369806132017-12-04T19:04:29.139+01:002017-12-04T19:04:29.139+01:00Oh, and I used momumentum.fr too, but there's ...Oh, and I used momumentum.fr too, but there's not a lot there about Montrésor.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-75167060493237369882017-12-04T19:03:37.744+01:002017-12-04T19:03:37.744+01:00You have to wonder how old that house next to, or ...You have to wonder how old that house next to, or under, the ruined towers really is. Have people been living there for centuries?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12086095595719482552017-12-04T19:02:39.508+01:002017-12-04T19:02:39.508+01:00I don't know much about England, so the half-t...I don't know much about England, so the half-timbered houses to me are especially French. Rouen, where I lived for a year decades ago and return to often, is full of them. Also Troyes, not far southeast of Paris, and even Tours, near here.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82445902321458179832017-12-04T18:12:33.793+01:002017-12-04T18:12:33.793+01:00Interesting to see the old half-timbered houses in...Interesting to see the old half-timbered houses in Montresor. They look almost English in style, but I guess that's what Norman is.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50761955396269202122017-12-04T17:27:53.573+01:002017-12-04T17:27:53.573+01:00There's Base Merimee, http://www.culture.gouv....There's Base Merimee, http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/inventai/patrimoine/<br /><br />When we're trying to decide if a place is visitable, I use the Monumentum website which I think is based on Base Merimee but adds a satellite view and maybe a photo.<br /><br />http://www.monumentum.fr/<br /><br />Ken, this series has been fun. I hope there will be more.<br /><br />I would not want to be the homeowner next to the ruined towers.Carolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8116450697613018382017-12-04T17:07:48.439+01:002017-12-04T17:07:48.439+01:00Sure, for the papers we are strong (I am frensh) ,...Sure, for the papers we are strong (I am frensh) , all the monuments are classed, but there is no money for all the historic monuments. Even for the best (Versailles, Chambord.. ) , we need sponsors ! So you can see a wall classed with a tree inside, it's sad. Thank you les Américains. Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551856685014026877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6654427677994006992017-12-04T14:37:36.841+01:002017-12-04T14:37:36.841+01:00Maybe you can look that up. There must be a liste ...Maybe you can look that up. There must be a liste des monuments historiques somewhere on the internet.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82295621031680294422017-12-04T12:23:09.470+01:002017-12-04T12:23:09.470+01:00I wonder if the ruins, as a private property, are ...I wonder if the ruins, as a private property, are classified as a <i>monument historique</i>, because the vegetation and trees growing on and in the walls are a danger for their integrity, and people below, and should be removed.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com