Half-Timbered Houses, Caen: Raking view of half-timbered houses

Some handsome mansions were built at the time of the Renaissance, including the H\u00F4tel d'Escoville (1538), built for Nicolas Le Valois, and also a large number of high-quality half-timbered houses. [Many of these still exist, particularly in Rue du Vaugeux, even after the bombings of WWII.]