The so-called Lieutenant's House in Honfleur is the only stone house in the city that has survived from the old medieval fortifications and the huge city wall. It is believed that the first fortress walls of Honfleur were erected at the beginning of the 13th century, and around 1350, Charles V built a real fortress here, which had two entrances: the gates of Rouen (la porte de Rouen) to the southeast and the gates of Caen (la porte de Caen). The western facade of the Lieutenant's House is actually a remnant of the fortress wall, in which la porte de Caen were located.→