Gothic burgher houses at Place Plumereau (Tours, France) - Gothic Architecture on Waymarking.com

The depicted set of beautiful medieval burgher houses you can find on the south side of Place Plumereau (Plumereau Square) in Tours historic centre.

Place Plumereau, the natural centre of Quartier du Vieux in Tours, was important trade centre from the 13th to the 16th century. For the whole qaurter are typical Gothic half-timbered burgher houses, built in the 15th century, which are the perfect example of medieval West-European urban architecture. Their ground floors were occupied by tradesmen and craftsmen, the further floors were used as dwellings. This set of houses is perfectly preserved and restored and also protected as a part of cultural heritage of Tours.

This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...