Half-timbered houses – some with lurching walls and floors that aren’t quite on-the-level line many streets in the old city, rebuilt after a devastating fire in 1524. The best place for aimless ambling is the area bounded by (clockwise from the north) rue Général de Gaulle, the Hôtel de Ville, rue Général Saussier and rue de la Pierre; of special interest are (from southwest to northeast) rue de Vauluisant , rue de la Trinité , rue Champeaux and rue Paillot de Montabert .
