Angers Cathedral, a Romanesque and Gothic cathedral in the city of Angers, in the Loire country of western France, was built in the 12th and 13th centuries by two ambitious successive bishops, Normand de Doué and Guillaume de Beaumont.

The cathedral is the seat of the diocese of Angers and a national monument of France. It is considered a fine example of a balance between Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Its unusually wide Romanesque nave, with no side aisles, opens into a Gothic transept and choir.

The interior is impressive, with fine stained glass depicting scenes from the life of the Virgin and the martyrdoms of St Catherine of Alexandria and St Vincent, tapestries and a richly decorated 18th C organ gallery. In the cathedral treasury is an antique marble bath converted into a font. There are the stained-glass windows inside for which the cathedral is famous. The oldest one illustrates the martyrdom of St. Vincent and the most unusual is of St. Christopher with the head of a dog.

Size:Tower height: 75m
Nave width: 16.38m
Nave length: 48m
Nave height: 24.68m
Total length: 90.47m

Address:Place Monseigneur Chapoulie, 49 000 Angers, France
Hours: Nov-Mar daily 8:30am-5:30pm, Apr-Oct daily 8:30am-7pm