Timber Framing in Normandy

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Timber Framing in Beuvron en Auge (Normandy, France) Timber framing (German: Fachwerk, literally "framework"), or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction and post-frame construction. Timber framing or half-timbering was common in China and, in a refined form, in Japan. In Medieval times until the 18th century it was used for domestic architecture throughout northern continental Europe, especially Germany (Fachwerk), parts of France, Denmark, Switzerland…