Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Angers, France

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 4.8 km
Ascend 82 m
Descend 76 m

Explore Angers in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in AngersIndividual Sights in Angers

Sight 1: Abbaye du Ronceray

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The Abbaye du Ronceray d'Angers is an abbey located in Angers, in the Maine-et-Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region of France.

Wikipedia: Abbaye du Ronceray d'Angers (FR)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Église de la Trinité

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The Church of the Trinity of Angers is a religious building located in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, classified as a historical monument in 1840.

Wikipedia: Église de la Trinité d'Angers (FR)

51 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Maison de Simon Poisson

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146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Buste de Grégoire Bordillon

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This article aims to identify works of art in the public space of Angers, in France.

Wikipedia: Liste des œuvres d'art d'Angers (FR)

338 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Hôtel des Pénitentes

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355 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Hôtel de Tinténiac

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The Hôtel de Tinténiac is a private mansion located in Angers, Maine-et-Loire.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Tinténiac (FR)

220 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Hôtel Duguesclin

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137 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Greniers Saint-Jean

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The Saint-Jean granaries are possibly former storage buildings located in the Saint-Jean d'Angers commandery. There is uncertainty about the exact purpose of this building in view of its architecture.

Wikipedia: Greniers Saint-Jean d'Angers (FR)

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Reposoir du Tertre-Saint-Laurent (ancien)

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244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Hôpital Saint-Jean

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

Wikipedia: Hôpital Saint-Jean (FR)

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine

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The Jean-Lurçat and Contemporary Tapestry Museum is a museum in the city of Angers.

Wikipedia: Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine (FR), Website

514 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 12: Tour de la Haute-Chaîne

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The fortifications of Angers are the former walls of the city of Angers, in the department of Maine-et-Loire. The former were built during the Late Roman Empire, then enlarged and completed throughout the Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Enceinte de Saint Louis d'Angers (FR)

920 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 13: Église Sainte-Thérèse

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

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Thérèse d'Angers (FR)

321 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Chapelle Saint Lazare

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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, which was restored from 2008 to 2009 and has been listed as a historical monument since 1992.

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

1102 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 15: Abbaye Saint-Nicolas

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

Wikipedia: Abbaye Saint-Nicolas d'Angers (FR)

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