Find your hotel in France, near : la forteresse d'angers

If you visit the Loire castles, your itinerary will inevitably lead you to Angers, a city with a rich historical and architectural heritage.
The site was already occupied by a Gallic oppidum before the Roman conquest and has been inhabited ever since.
Very quickly, the town was built on a promontory overlooking the Maine River and equipped with fortifications.
The Counts of Anjou settled there and built a first palace which was destroyed by fire in the 12th century.
We now suggest that you put your bags down in a hotel near the Anjou fortress and discover the beauty of the current castle dating from the 13th century.
Angers was then in the hands of King Louis IX and it was his mother, Blanche de Castille, who ordered the construction of a 40-metre high and 800-metre long enclosure with 17 imposing towers.
The fortress occupies 2.
5 hectares and part of the town was razed to the ground in order to carry out this immense project.
Although the exterior of the building has changed little since the reign of Louis IX, the interior buildings are a reminder that the castle was home to the court of Anjou during the late Middle Ages.
The former moat transformed into a garden adds elegance to the architectural ensemble.
You will also discover the Tapestry of the Apocalypse, a huge tapestry made in the 14th century, originally comprising six 21-metre long pieces representing the Apocalypse of Saint John.
A little over a hundred metres of this medieval tapestry have been restored and are on display at the Château d'Angers.