12 Sights in Angers, France (with Map and Images)

The Muséum des sciences naturelles d'Angers is a municipal museum in Angers. Dedicated to Natural History, the Muséum d'Angers houses in its collections about 530,000 objects, including 3,000 birds, 20,000 shells, 50,000 fossils, 80,000 insects and 350,000 herbarium samples, as well as hundreds of specimens taxidermised or in liquid, skeletons, minerals, technical instruments and Documents. The Muséum d'Angers receives annually about 20,000 visitors, as well as school groups, interns, researchers and volunteers.

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The Commandery of Saint-Jean d'Angers is a monument in Angers (Maine-et-Loire). The commandery housed a hospital and until 1870 the Hôtel-Dieu d'Angers, one of the oldest hospitals in France still in existence.

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The Abbey of Saint-Nicolas was an abbey founded around 1021 by Foulques Nerra in Angers, a town in the current French department of Maine-et-Loire in the Pays de la Loire region. It now houses the mother house of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd founded by Saint Marie Euphrasie Pelletier in Angers in 1835.

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The David d'Angers Gallery is a museum located in Angers in Maine-et-Loire, on the site of the former Toussaint Abbey. It is dedicated to the works of the sculptor David d'Angers, from whom it takes its name. The collection is mainly composed of original plasters which are the preparatory stages for bronze or marble sculpture. The establishment is labeled "Museum of France".

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The collegiate church of Saint-Martin d'Angers is a former collegiate church located in the historic centre of Angers, is one of the best-preserved Carolingian monuments in France and a testimony to fifteen centuries of architectural evolution. Its choir is a very fine example of the Angevin Gothic style.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Martin d'Angers (FR)

The House of Adam, also known as the House of Adam and Eve or the House of the Tree-of-Life, is a half-timbered house located in the heart of the city of Angers, at the intersection of Rue Montault and Place Sainte-Croix, just behind the cathedral. It is one of the architectural testimonies of the medieval heritage that still exists today, since it was built around 1491. It now houses the Maison des artisans d'Angers.

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The former convent of the Cordeliers of Angers, also called the former convent of the Cordeliers de la Baumette or the former Convent of La Baumette, is a religious building founded in the fifteenth century by King René and located on the southern edge of the commune of Angers.

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The Saint-Lazare leper colony is a former leper colony located in Angers on the right bank of the Maine River. All that remains today is the chapel, restored from 2008 to 2009, and listed as a historical monument since 1992.

Wikipedia: Léproserie Saint-Lazare d'Angers (FR)

The Musée du Génie is a museum dedicated to military engineering located in Angers in the French department of Maine-et-Loire. Open since 2009, it shows through the history of France, the evolution of the techniques of this weapon, also a combat unit, and the history of its main characters.

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The Protestant Temple of Angers is a religious building located on rue du Musée in Angers. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France. It is the former Saint Eloi chapel of the Saint-Gilles du Verger priory, then the minor seminary. The building was acquired by the Protestant community of Angers in 1849, and has been used continuously ever since.

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The Church of Sainte-Thérèse d'Angers is a religious building located in Angers, Maine-et-Loire. Built in the middle of the nineteenth century in neo-Gothic style, listed as a Historic Monument, it is open to Catholic worship.

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The Hotel Montrieux is a private mansion located at 3, boulevard du Maréchal-Foch in Angers, in the Maine-et-Loire department, in the Pays de la Loire region, France. Built between 1856 and 1861 for René Montrieux, a wealthy industrialist and mayor of Angers, this building is a notable example of nineteenth-century architecture.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Montrieux (FR)