Boulevard du L. Vialleton overlooking the Church of Saint Anne in addition to the cross located on the Place Giral. To the north lies the Jardin des Plantes, at 163 Rue Broussonet-the oldest botanical garden in France, created in 1593 to investigate the medicinal uses of plants (tram 1: Stop Place Albert 1er, Tuesday to Sunday from June to September 12:00 to 20:00 from October to May from 12:00 to 18:00, free). Beside him stands the austere Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, the fifteenth century, whose enormous size survived the religious conflicts that ravaged the region in the sixteenth century (tram 1: Stop Place Albert 1er, from 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:30 to 19:00). Returning to the Rue Foch, and past the Arc de Triomphe, right to the neighborhood of the Ancien Courrier Mail or old. La Place Sainte-Anne gives access to the Conservatory of Music and several workshops luthiers, from whose windows you can see the craftsmen making violins and guitars. The Rue de l'Ancien Courrier is another elegant medieval palaces dotted artery, in which are installed low-end boutiques that provide access to the romantic Place Saint-Roch. It was during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when wealthy merchants who settled in the huge mansions sober up outside, but with gorgeous courtyards. Stand the Hôtel St-Côme Grand Rue Jean Moulin, where students from the nearby medical school attending the first sessions of anatomy and whose offices are currently the Montpellier Chamber of Commerce. On the same street stands the Tour de Babote, a twelfth-century tower, which has withstood the successive transformations of the city. The Hôtel des Trésoriers of France-at 7 Rue de Jacques Coeur, is also one of the most notable of Montpellier, with a beautiful XV century architecture.