Well maintained Renaissance mansions can be admired side by side with quarter-timber houses. The public gardens above the Palais de Justice were laid out in the 17th century by Le Nôtre,  Louix XIV's gardener who had worked on the royal gardens in Versailles. The old Lanterne des Morts is a 12th century tower with a conical stone roof that was used as a funeral chapel.  The Hôtel de la Boétie is a beautifully restored mansion where Etienne de la Boétie, Montaigne's friend, was born in 1530. The Hôtel de Maleville is another 16th century mansion with a French Renaissance façade and an Italian Renaissance façade. 
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