The ancient medieval town boasts 34 timber-framed houses built during the golden age of the Trégor region, bearing witness to a very special kind of craftsmanship.
Whether of medieval or Renaissance inspiration, and despite the fires that broke out during the wars of the League, timber-frame architecture lasted in Lannion until the end of the 17th century, before the final abandonment of wood in favour of stone in the 18th century.
While some houses were plastered in the 19th century, others were covered in slate to protect them from the elements and the vagaries of time.
Almost all of them have the same layout: a ground floor used for trading and upper floors (corbelled) used as living quarters and served by a spiral staircase.
The corbelling, linked to the tax paid on the floor area, is more or less pronounced depending on the type of dwelling and the wealth of the owners in the past.
Whether of medieval or Renaissance inspiration, and despite the fires that broke out during the wars of the League, timber-frame architecture lasted in Lannion until the end of the 17th century, before the final abandonment of wood in favour of stone in the 18th century.
While some houses were plastered in the 19th century, others were covered in slate to protect them from the elements and the vagaries of time.
Almost all of them have the same layout: a ground floor used for trading and upper floors (corbelled) used as living quarters and served by a spiral staircase.
The corbelling, linked to the tax paid on the floor area, is more or less pronounced depending on the type of dwelling and the wealth of the owners in the past.
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