Europe 2014 - Troyes, Old Hotel Looking Out

This is from within the courtyard, looking out at a scene that would have been familiar to a medieval warrior stopping by for a rest on his way to battle somewhere.

As mentioned in an earlier post, there was a great fire in this city in the 1500's.  It's true that most of the wooden structures were reduced to cinders, however most of the wells, such as the one in the background here, survived unscathed.  Many of these dotted around town have been in place, if not in use, since long before medieval times.