The balconies

With your back to the monument, you are now in rue Xhrouet. Several houses have balconies on the upper floor.Question 4. What is the number of the house whose balcony is pictured here?The balcony is a narrow overhanging platform in front of a French window. It is bordered by a balustrade, a wooden, wrought iron or cast iron structure that protects it from the void. From the middle of the 18th century, balconies were installed on the first floor of seasonal dwellings, the floor reserved for visitors. Railings in cast or wrought iron offer a multitude of different designs to decorate and personalise them.Cast iron: an alloy of iron and carbon (2% minimum) that is easy to mould. Cast iron is a more brittle material that does not resist impact very well.Wrought iron: iron worked under a hammer.Many buildings had balconies in spas, where there were many rooms for visitors. for visitors. In the 19th century, the small spa town of Plombières-Les-Bains in the Vosges was nicknamed "the town of a thousand balconies".Take rue Xhrouet as far as the church.ANSWER 4. The house number is 13.