Château d'Angers
Château d’Angers, also known as château des ducs d’Anjou, is a château in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Built by Louis IX in the 13th century, it stands on a rocky promontory above the Maine.
Public Art in Angers
Angers Cathedral
Angers Cathedral is a Catholic church in Angers, France, dedicated to Saint Maurice and serving as the seat of the Bishops of Angers. Built between the 11th and 16th centuries, it combines Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
Abbaye du Ronceray
Abbaye du Ronceray d'Angers is a Benedictine nunnery in Angers, in the Maine-et-Loire department of Pays de la Loire. Founded in the 11th century, it is the only female monastic establishment in Angers and among the most important in the diocese.
Grand Théâtre d'Angers
Le Grand Théâtre d'Angers is a municipal theatre in the city centre of Angers, Maine-et-Loire, on Place du Ralliement. It has 723 seats in an Italian-style auditorium and is a main venue for music, theatre, and opera performances.
Place du Ralliement
Place du Ralliement is a square in central Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. It is a daily gathering and passage point, hosts meetings and events, and has been entirely pedestrian since 2010.
Terra Botanica
Terra Botanica is a theme park in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, devoted to the world of plants and biodiversity. It highlights the botanical and horticultural expertise of Anjou and is intended to educate young generations about respect for the plant world.
Jean Monnier Congress Center
The Jean Monnier Congress Center is an entertainment and conference establishment in Angers, in the Maine-et-Loire department. Its auditorium was designed as both a congress hall and a concert hall, with adjustable acoustics and 1,229 seats.
Église Saint-Martin d'Angers
Église Saint-Martin d'Angers is an ancient collegiate church in the historic center of Angers. It is one of the best preserved Carolingian monuments in France and a testimony to fifteen centuries of architectural evolution.
Galerie David d'Angers
Galerie David d'Angers is a museum in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, on the site of the former Toussaint Abbey. Dedicated to David d'Angers, it presents mainly original plaster models and is labeled a Musée de France.
Musée Jean Lurçat
Musée Jean Lurçat is a tapestry museum housed in the old hospital’s large sickroom and a neighboring former 19th-century orphanage. It echoes the Tenture de l'Apocalypse and presents works by Jean Lurçat and later textile artists.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Angers
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Angers is a memorial, not a consecrated church. It reproduces the rotunda of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and places the edicule, the tomb of Jesus Christ, at its center.
Le Quai
Le Quai is a cultural space in Angers, in the French department of Maine-et-Loire. It hosts the permanent National Dramatic Center Le Quai CDN and the National Center for Contemporary Dance, Cndc, in a theatre building on the right bank of the Maine.
Église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires
Église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Angers is a church building that succeeded an earlier chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame. The chapel was enlarged in 1842, and in the 1880s a real church was constructed using a bequest from parishioner Marie Guitton, who died in 1883.
Église Saint-Laurent
Église Saint-Laurent in Angers was founded in 1073 and has always been a cemetery chapel dependent on the Ronceray. Already ruined in 1576, it remained in ruins for more than four centuries.
Église de la Trinité d'Angers
Église de la Trinité d'Angers is a church in the Doutre district of Angers, on the right bank of the Maine. Classified as a historic monument in 1840, it was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century and transformed in the 19th century.
Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers
The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers is an art museum in Angers, located in the old private mansion Logis Barrault near the historic city center. It is part of the Toussaint complex and presents artworks acquired over centuries.
Abbaye Saint-Aubin
Abbaye Saint-Aubin d'Angers is an ancient abbey in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, in the Pays de la Loire. Originating as a funerary basilica for Bishop Aubin, it later became a monastery and abbey. The monks were dispersed during the French Revolution.
Abbaye Saint-Serge
Abbaye Saint-Serge is a Benedictine abbey in Angers, France. First mentioned in 705, it was taken over by Benedictines around 1000. Parts of the complex were listed as historic monuments between 1840 and 1967.
Muséum d'histoire naturelle d’Angers
The Muséum d'histoire naturelle d’Angers is a museum in Angers that has been open to the public since 1801. Its collections originated during the French Revolution and were later housed in Barrault House.
Abbaye Saint-Nicolas
Abbaye Saint-Nicolas in Angers is a historic abbey founded around 1021 by Foulques Nerra. It later housed several different institutions and now contains a retirement home and the motherhouse of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd.