An unmissable historical monument, this cathedral is of great architectural interest. Started in the 14th century and completed in the 18th century, it is a fortified church with an austere and stern...
Around 1130, at a time when Romanesque buildings were springing up everywhere, an innovative master builder created the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne in Sens.
The former abbey church, built in the Burgundian Gothic style, boasts a magnificent Romanesque crypt, the underground remains of a three-storey rotunda built around 1000 under Abbot Guillaume de...
This building, built on the site of the ancient forum and, according to legend, on the foundations of an ancient temple dedicated to the god Apollo, gathers many architectural styles, due to the many...
The cathedral of Sainte Eulalie and Sainte Julie dominates the town of Elne. Built in the 11th and 12th centuries, it is a major monument of Catalan Romanesque art.
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a masterpiece of southern Gothic.
The Romanesque church of St. John the Old had become too small and the construction of a new...
A major tourist attraction in Sarthe, Le Mans Cathedral has, along with Notre-Dame de Chartres, one of the most beautiful collections of medieval stained-glass windows.
The Cathedral of St. Maurice, begun in the middle of the 12th century and finished around 1250, is the first building to present the characteristics of the Angevin Gothic style: curved vaults with...
From antiquity to the 20th century, from the built heritage to parks and gardens, from museums to the rivers that cross it, Le Mans offers all the diversity and richness of a multiple heritage for its...
For a breathtaking view of the city and surrounding valleys, take to the skies! Make your way to the top of the Cathedral's South Tower, which has been converted into a terrace. A spiral staircase of...