[Sandy]

Last week I spent 3 days in Troyes, about 100 miles from Paris in the Champagne Ardennes region. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troyes)

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Troyes has a lot of traditional medieval homes, which are being renovated since 1990.
As I was there for work, I didn't have much time to visit, I only had an hour for a walking tour in its historic district which is also the city center, and I took as many pictures as I could :yes:

1. City Hall

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Thanks for viewing

[Cirrus]

Awesome. Certainly nothing like this in North America.

[tayser]

How does it compare size-wise with York or Chester?

[Top Of The Park]

wonderful architecture

[M II A II R II K]

Alot of interesting stuff there.

[Bergenser]

Nice! I love the architecture. (http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii283/sandyuspatriot/Troyes/50a38079.jpg)

[Sandy]

How does it compare size-wise with York or Chester?

I don't know, I didn't even know that Chester had the same architecture.
Troyes has about 65 000 inhabitants and Chester 75 000, both have an historic city center but I don't know which one is bigger.
It seems that Chester has 1 street with many historic homes on both sides, in Troyes there's several streets but all homes don't have this kind of architecture.

Bird view on live search is available :

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii283/sandyuspatriot/Troyes/95cf23f7.jpg

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=s1g5k6hb5d95&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=23260961&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

As you'll see, if you zoom in there's lots of them.

;)

[HomeInMyShoes]

I don't think I've ever seen such a concentration of that style before. Bits and pieces yes, but that's just crazy. Thanks.

[Prosciutto]

Awesome. Certainly nothing like this in North America.

Indeed. Sadly, there are numerous cities in the US that have destroyed their historic center/downtown area to accommodate the automobile and parking - eliminating the much of the unique heritage/urbanity that is vital to create vibrant and walkable environments. Troyes looks to be a really nice place.:tup:

[tremblay]

Incroyable... Est-ce que cette partie de la ville est sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO?

[Jimby]

interesting to see so much history

[Fabb]

I didn't know that Troyes was so picturesque.
Thanks for sharing !

[Farrapo]

Great thread!

That's the first time I see pictures of Troyes and I liked it very much, its architecture is very interesting!

Thanks for sharing!

[Sandy]

Incroyable... Est-ce que cette partie de la ville est sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO?

It seems that Troyes is not yet registered, but the city is applying in many domains :
- for Art & History label
- for World heritage label
.../... sorry too difficult to translate :( , I give you a link in French: http://www.tourisme-troyes.com/0/histoire/heure.asp

[le calmar]

Seems like a nice city... It reminds me Provins.

[SHiRO]

Nice pics!

Drove past Troyes in May, had I known I would have stopped there...
Definately will, next time...

[FREKI]

Strange looking tudor but great looking place :)

[TinChelseaNYC]

Cool town! Amazing so much has survived. Was it sound asleep for the past few 100 or so years? How did it escape being ruined?