Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Le Mans, France

The Church of Saint-Lazare is a religious building located in the city of Le Mans, in the heart of the Saint-Georges district. It was built in 1892 in a district that was suffering the full force of the city's industrial boom. The district was a former suburb, its economic activity was concentrated on cheesecloth in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. At the end of the nineteenth century, it was the gas factories and the tobacco factory that employed many workers. Initially, the neighbourhood was divided into two between Saint-Lazare and Saint-Georges.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Lazare du Mans (FR)

The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, four miles (6 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, at what is now known as Kill Devil Hills. In 1904 the Wright brothers developed the Wright Flyer II, which made longer-duration flights including the first circle, followed in 1905 by the first truly practical fixed-wing aircraft, the Wright Flyer III.

Wikipedia: Wright brothers (EN)

The Protestant temple of Le Mans is a place of worship inaugurated in 1900 and located at 16 rue Barbier in Le Mans, Sarthe. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France.

Wikipedia: Temple protestant du Mans (FR)

The Hotel Desportes de Linières, or Hotel Belin de Béru, is a private mansion located in the city of Le Mans at 9 rue des Boucheries in the Les Halles district.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Desportes de Linières (FR)

Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque was a Free-French general during the Second World War. He became Marshal of France posthumously in 1952, and is known in France simply as le maréchal Leclerc or just Leclerc.

Wikipedia: Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (EN)

The church of La Couture is the former abbey church of the abbey of Saint-Pierre de la Couture. It is located in Le Mans, in the Sarthe department.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame de la Couture (FR)

The Parc de la Préfecture is a French public park located in the city of Le Mans. It is located just behind the prefecture of Sarthe. This park is private, not usually accessible and reserved for the prefecture. However, it is open to the public during Heritage Days. The park is exactly 22,630 m² and is included in the former ensemble of the Abbey of La Couture, including the monastic buildings, the abbey church and the enclosure. It is particularly known for having been the inspiration for the poem Mardoche by Alfred de Musset, who was visiting Le Mans at the time.

Wikipedia: Parc de la Préfecture (Le Mans) (FR)

Notre Dame de Sainte Croix is a Catholic church located in the city of Le Mans, France. The church gives its name to the neighborhood itself. It was the first site of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Wikipedia: Notre Dame de Sainte Croix, Le Mans (EN)