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The town of Angouleme is built on a rock headland dominating of 80 meters the valley of Charente. The city was girdled ramparts at the end of Bottom Romain Empire. Capital of the county of Taillefer, of Lusignan then of Valois, place of interminable conflicts during the wars of religion, important river port until the XIXeme century, capital of the Cartoon today, the city has multiple testimonys of the past. With his tiled roofs and his southernmost light, one would almost compare
it with an Italian city. Rich person of more than 2000 years of history,
Angouleme especially will experience a strong development with the Middle
Ages, as still testify the layout to it to the rampart supplemented
in XIIIème century by two new enclosures, the sinuous streets,
memory of compartmental medieval, but also
the prestigious
buildings like the cathedral Saint-Pierre,
the old castle comtal (current town hall), the vault of Cordeliers,
the Saint-Andrew church… It is during first half of XVIeme century,
that the city becomes under the impulse of Valois, an important intellectual
and artistic center. From this period, Angouleme preserved some monuments
of Ière Renaissance French: the Saint-Simon house and the vestiges
of the vault Saint-Gelais. Second half of XVIème century will
be marked by the wars of religion which oppose the catholics to the
Protestants. Angouleme, the catholic, is besieged twice by the troops
huguenotes. The religious monuments of the city, suffer serious damage
then. If the XVIIIeme century will be the time of work of embellishment, the XIXeme century will correspond for the city to an intense period of urbanization: levelling of the ramparts, removal of the doors of city, installation of places, construction of civil monuments like the theater, markets or the town hall, and rebuilding of churches, (churches Saint-Cybard, Saint-Jacques, Saint-Ausone, Saint-Martial). The Art Nouveau and Art Deco make their appearance at the beginning of the XXeme century and are represented in Angouleme by private houses or public buildings (library CCAS, elementary school Mario Roustan…). top page Since the end of the XXeme century, the old districts are rehabilitated and the city obtains a contemporary architectural heritage like the National center of the Cartoon and the Image builds by the architect Castro (1985-1991) or even the College of the Image and the Sound of Angouleme works of Morisseau (1989-1990). The city is also avoided as of 1998 of painted walls which introduce into the urban landscape of many characters of the Cartoon, thus affirming the position of Angouleme like capital of the cartoon. A circuit of these walls is possible besides and it is currently composed of a score of painted walls. The beginning of the 21st century is marked by important work like the construction of the viaduct of Anguienne (work an overall length of 400 m and which crosses the valley with more than 40 meters height). The possibilities are extremely numerous in Angouleme that one is to 2 or in family, the activities are multiple and each one will find its happiness there. That one comes there of in love to stroll, in family or between friends to discover the cartoon, or into greedy to visit the Cognac cellars in particular, a stay in Angouleme will not leave indifferent… top page Thanks to the tourist office of Angouleme for the photographs. TO KNOW You need more information about the city of Angouleme, contact: info@itinerairesbis.com top page Return
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