Saturday, February 20, 2010

TRAVEL THE WORLD - RENNES, FRANCE






We love walking these old town centres with their narrow streets and old houses as in these photos taken in Rennes in 2008. Half-timbered buildings have been preserved in several of the towns and cities we visited in Brittany. We noticed that often, as here, several adjacent buildings have been preserved, thus retaining the integrity of an entire street. What adds to the charm of areas like this is the attention given to landscaping and the effort that is made to find commercially viable uses for these old buildings.

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