Guided tour

Name: Visite commentée
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Sainte-Thérèse

Detailed presentation of the wall paintings

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

Charles Rieux

The church of Sainte-Thérèse will be the subject of a detailed commentary lasting approximately one hour. We will give priority to the exceptional interior decoration: paintings by Étienne Audfray and Charles Seureau.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

Patrimoine durable

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

À propos du lieu

Église Sainte-Thérèse

6, place Sainte-Thérèse, 49000 Angers

Maine-et-Loire
Pays de la Loire

For a new district with a modest population, Alfred Tessier promoted a neo-Gothic construction (1857-62), balanced and simple at the same time, which he then used extensively with multiple variants. There he conceived, above all, in parallel a rare program dcorative painted, floral and geometric, dressing the totality of the interior volumes. Basilicale church with nave of 7 bays, choir of a right span and apse with 5 panels flanked by sacristies. Belfry-porch of facade in work Illumination of the collateral by lancets, and, of the nave, by bays with two forms. Brick Cover, Ribbed