On the site of a primitive church dating back to the fourth century, then of a Romanesque cathedral built and partially burned during the eleventh century, the reconstruction of Saint-Maurice is begun by the West in the first half of the twelfth and ends after 1250 with the transept and the choir. Characteristic of the «Gothic Angevin», it is covered with very curved warheads, forming a single nave with powerful volumes. From the reverse of the facade to the bedside, the increasingly ribbed profile of the warheads and the increasingly elaborate design of the windows stylistically reflect the progress of the construction over a century and a half. The statues-columns of the western portal (1180) with its chiseled draperies still evoke their counterparts in Chartres and Le Mans, although their attitudes, free from their supports, already announce the more naturalistic art of the XIII°. M.O Mandy. (2002).

Édifice religieux, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Monument historique & Site patrimonial remarquable