Guided tour

Name: Visita comentada
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 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

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

I agree that the image may be freely used, provided that it is attributed to the author by name and shared under the same conditions.

Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

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