Lallemant Mansion — Museum of Decorative Arts, Bourges

The Lallemant Mansion is a Renaissance townhouse built between 1490 and 1518 by the wealthy Lallemant merchant family, who had risen to prominence as royal tax collectors. The building sits directly on top of the ancient Gallo-Roman rampart of Avaricum, creating two distinct courtyard levels connected by a vaulted passageway — an unusual architectural solution. The upper courtyard displays Italian Renaissance decoration with terracotta medallions and carved balusters, while the lower courtyard has a more severe Gothic facade with sculpted figures.