Rue du Commerce is an unusual underground shopping street in Souzay-Champigny, Maine et Loire. The village has a number of underground dwellings, no doubt partially created as a result of mining activity for the local tuffeau stone. Rue du Commerce was an entire underground shopping street, originally created as early as the 11th century.
A balade (stroll) thhrough the streets is a delightful way to turn the clock back many centuries.