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	Abbaye de Fontevraud Tip Rating:

Updated By TimDaoust on January 28, 2005

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Abbaye Royale de
Fontevraud

by TimDaoust

The Abbay de Fontevraud has a very long history that begins in the 11th century with man named Robert d'Abrissel who came to Anjou to live as a hermit and gathered followers and eventually the blessing of a pope and somehow through quite a long story ends in Henry Plantagenet his son, daughter and wife Eleanor of Aquitaine being buried here along with other members of the royal family. Four statues, three of stone, one of wood, of the four are preserved in the Abbey and can be seen today. The architecture itself is incredible. This is but one picture of the abbey a friend of mine took. They were remodeling when we came to see but we were still able to have a French tour of the whole abbey and the grounds outside. Worth the trip from Angers, it was about a half hour or forty five minute bus ride, I can't remember.

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Phone: 02.41.51.79.45

Website: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tc.fontevraud

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	Medieval Quarter Tip Rating:

By TimDaoust on January 20, 2005

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Julie, Katy, LeAnn, Cathy,
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by TimDaoust

Between the Chateau D'Angers and The St. Maurice Cathedral you will find narrow cobble stone roads and old buildings that make up the medieval quarter of Angers. This shot was taken up against one of the houses in this maze of cobblestone roads. We all thought the plant life growing up the wall was neat and figured the owner of this house wouldn't mind us posing for a picture.

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	Chateau du Plessis-Bourre Tip Rating:

By shrimp56 on November 16, 2003

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Chateau du Plessis-Bourre

by shrimp56

15 km north of Angers near the small town of Ecuille is this 15th century, privately owned chateau. We had just missed one of the infrequent tours, but for 3 euro I was able to wander the grounds a bit on a rather rainy day [see the travelogue for proof!] -- even with that limited a view, it was worth the time and a nice foil to the more fortress-like Chateau d'Angers.

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Phone: 02 41 32 06 72

Website: http://www.plessis-bourre.com/

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	Domaine de Bablut Tip Rating:

By TimDaoust on January 28, 2005

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Domaine de Bablut

by TimDaoust

This was one of our excursions during the month I studied there. It is outside of Angers a little ways and the French countryside surrounding it is just beautiful. We were given a guided tour from a French guy who mumbled a lot and was hard to follow and a wine tasting at the end. I remember a few things from the tour that we learned about the wines, mostly things like a cabernet can age up to 20 years and most white wines will only age 5 years or less. Also, we were given a chance to listen to the inside of a barrel of wine as the fermentation process was going on. You could hear a bubbling noise coming from inside the barrel. It was pretty neat. The wine tasting was of course the best part. They are closed on Sundays.

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Phone: 02 41 91 22 59

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	Bouvet Ladubay Tip Rating:

By TimDaoust on May 5, 2005

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Bottling at Bouvet

by TimDaoust

Bouvet Ladubay makes sparkling wine in the Loire region. They have red, white and rose varieties. The same day we visited Rochemenier and Fontevraud Abbey we came here to tour their eight kilometers of underground caves and taste their sparkling wines. The wines were excellent and the tour intriguing. I remember seeing huge crates where they held several bottles, but these crates were not still, they were on motorized pedestals that rotated them automatically after a few days so that the sediment never settled. I suppose this makes a better wine. Bouvet Ladubay is located near Angers in a town called St-Hilaire St-Florent and is close enough for a day trip by bus.

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Phone: 02 41 83 83 83

Website: www.bouvet-ladubay.fr

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	The Tapestries of Jean Lurçat Tip Rating:

Updated By shrimp56 on April 4, 2005

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Musée Jean Lurcat

by shrimp56

This is a picture of a tiled wall outside the Musée Jean Lurcat, which gives only a small idea of how amazing the tapestries of Le Chant du Monde are. These tapestries were created with the support of the city of Angers in 1957 as modern response to the Apocalypse Tapestry in the chateau. The museum is housed in the Hopital St-Jean, founded in 1174 as a hospital for the poor.

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Phone: 33 2 41 24 18 45

Website: 4 blvd. Arago

Other Contact: http://www.timestwopublishing.co

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	Tour Saint-Aubin Tip Rating:

Updated By Mikebond on December 3, 2005

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Tour Saint-Aubin

by Mikebond

The tour Saint-Aubin dates back to the 12th century and belonged to the homonymous abbey, that was destroyed.

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	Galerie David d'Angers Tip Rating:

Updated By Mikebond on December 3, 2005

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Gutenberg

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The Galerie David d'Angers, located in a deconsacrated church, shows scupltures by the Angevin artist David d'Angers (1788-1856). Although they are very beautiful, the author simply copied them from originals. These photos depict:
1) Johann Gänsfleisch, better known as Gutenberg (circa 1390-1468), the inventor of movable pressing types;
2) a scene from Le Cid, the most important masterpiece of French dramatist Pierre Corneille's (1606-1684);
3) a scene from Tartuffe by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, alias Molière (circa 1622-1673);
4) maybe Charlemagne (Charles the Great, 742/747-814), king of the Franks;
5) maybe Gavroche, a character of Victor Hugo's novel Les misérables.
I would be happy if you could help me identify better these two photos.

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	Jardin des plantes Tip Rating:

Updated By Mikebond on December 3, 2005

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swans

by Mikebond

The jardin des plantes ("botanical garden") is the largest and the wildest park in Angers. There is even a pond with swans, as you see from this photo. For more pictures, see my travelogue.

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	Maison d'Adam

By pedmar on February 2, 2009

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Maison d'Adam

by pedmar

It is at the heart of the city of Angers,crossing of rue Montault and the place Sainte-Croix, just behind the Cathedral. One of the beautiful proof of medieval architecture existing today.

The maison d’Adam, name also Maison d'Adam et Eve or the tree of life ( l'Arbre de Vie) was built around 1500. Today it houses the maison des artisans (house of craftmans).

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Website: http://www.angers-tourisme.com/EN/index2.aspx

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