Vieux Rennes

This is the old quarter of Rennes - a great fire in 1720 destroyed all the timber framed houses in the northern part of the city but the city-centre itself escaped the worst of the blaze. All of the buildings in this image were built at the beginning of the the 16C and, apart from the bollards to prevent car-parking - this scene looks pretty much the same today as it would have done 500 years ago.

Worth a click to view on black...

[Christine]

Lovely b&w

[Joan Robillard]

Something crooked here.

[Richard Sayer]

@joansmor These buildings are 500 years old... I will be more than a little crooked if I live a fifth of that ;-))

[judith deacon]

What a wonderful corner of Rennes, I love all the different lines, angles and textures.

[Lee]

Marvellous, I don't think there will be much of here left in 500 years.

[Kathy]

Interesting old architecture. I wonder if they are a crooked on the inside as the outside timbers are.

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful architecture, image!!

[gloria jones]

Love the lines, textures and architecture in this shot...great history

[Jane Pittenger]

Great lines and shapes

[Margo]

Love the Tudor style

[Trinda Love]

I like those gumdrop shapes leading me into the picture

[Margo Sayer]

VML the rounded wall on RHS of shot. It beckons me...there's more to see around here, c'mon!

[Delwyn Barnett]

Amazing architecture - much older than anything we are used to here.

[Corinne]

Un vrai voyage dans le temps!

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely and very much suits black and white.

[Claes]

Beautiful soft lighting.

[Serge Ducasrouge]

Faithfull shot from Rennes and this period houses in France.

[Dyan Stevens]

Wonderful capture of this corner and all of it's aged quirks.

[Kate]

It is truly amazing and humbling to see such a place full of stories and histories.

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent shot, great angles, quirkiness etc

[Debs Stott]

As I've said before I love these old buildings, so I thought I'd stop here and make a comment. Hope you are well Richard. I like the sound of your project this year. You are so focused!