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Angers
The capital of the historic
province of Anjou, is considered one of the most
beautiful cities in France with its old streets,
museums, gardens, gastronomic restaurants, art
festivals.
Foremost among its many notable
structures is the magnificent spiraled Cathedral of
Saint Maurice (12th-13th century) and the massive
Castle of Angers (early 13th century), with its moat
and soaring towers.
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Today the castel of Angers houses a
tapestry museum that includes the famous 140 meters
long Apocalypse series. The town has seen passing
through it some of the grreatest figures in the
history of France: the Plantagenêts, king
René, the writer Françcois Rabelais, the
poet Joachim de Bellay, as weel as the composer
Clément Janequin and the surgeon Ambroise Paré.
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Strategically located in the Val
de Loire, recently recognised by UNESCO as a world
heritage for humanity, the site of the most beautiful
castels, near the Paris region and the western part of
France, Angers is also at the heart of a
knowledge-intensive region, offering a wide range of
education centers ans successful research institutes,
and attracting many successful IT enterprises. The
high-speed train (TGV) can easily reach Paris in only
1 1/2 hours.
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Page Updated on
19-10-2006
Photos: © Ville d'Angers - P. CAMPION,S.SIMON, JN. SORTAN
Copyright © Escola Superior de Tecnologia
de Setúbal, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal |
