Sliced house!

Our first day in the mediaeval village of St Gengoux-le-National. You can see how this building was sliced like a cake, right down the middle of the windows. Goodness knows how it held together - many cakes don't when they're given rough treatment. I think the reason was something to do with creating a firebreak, or maybe it was to arrest the spread of the plague. Quelque chose comme ca.