Angers entdecken

Angers Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Maurice, was rebuilt mainly in the 12th and 13th centuries and is an early example of Angevin Gothic, with high domed rib vaults over a wide nave without aisles. Its west front carries a gallery of statues of Saint Maurice and his companions beneath two spires, and its windows keep stained glass from the late 12th century.

The Jardin des Plantes d'Angers is a 4-hectare public garden on Place Mendès-France, founded as a botanical garden in 1777 and moved in 1789 to land that had belonged to the Benedictines of Saint-Serge. Its present English-style layout by Édouard André dates from 1901–1905, with old trees, a stream with small waterfalls, a pond, a play area and animal enclosures.