Paris map | The Louvre | Houses | Streets | The paving of the streets | Hospitals |Notre-Dame ouses in the Middle Ages comprised a stonework ground floor, wooden beams and a framework of wooden posts, known as 'colombage' (half-timbered). The spaces between the posts were packed with small stones covered with plaster. This gave the city a whitewashed appearance, long-since disappeared. The oldest house in Paris still in existence after Philippe-Auguste's time was probably at the end of the 13th century. he area enclosed by the wall was about 250 hectares (about 600 acres), but to estimate the number of inhabitants is more difficult. It's likely that the population would have grown from 25,000 to 50,000 during Philippe-Auguste's reign. n 1200 the first signs of differences among private houses start to appear.	Street and merchanrs in the Middle Ages Miniature from the "Livre de Gouvernement des Princes" end of 15th century Paris, Bibl Arsenal
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