Angers - St Maurice Cathedral

In the Place du Ralliement, in the old town of Angers, is the Gothic Cathedral of St-Maurice (12th-13th C), to which a handsome ramp and staircase lead up from the banks of the Maine. On the doorway are sculptured figures with remains of their original coloring; in the tympanum is Christ enthroned, surrounded by the symbols of the four Evangelists, and above this are eight statues of knights (16th C). The facade has three towers; the central tower was built in the High Renaissance period.