Attractions in Angoulême

Angoulême Comics Museum Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image

Angoulême Comics Museum Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image
The largest museum of comics in Europe.

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Museum of Angoulême
Museum of Angoulême
A museum entirely restored.

Entirely renovated, the museum of Angoulême reopened its doors to the public on Saturday 1st March 2008. Ever since, the museum has had an exhibition surface of more than 1,700 square metres. However, the history of the museum is even more ancient.

Paper museum
Paper museum
Paper and techniques for making it.

In the old paper mills of Lacroix and Joseph Bardou, Le Nil, at the foot of theAngoulêmecity walls, the museum exhibits and preserves all the documents linked to the industrial paper mill. It retraces in particular all the stages of industrial manuf

Saint-Martial Church
Saint-Martial Church
Neo-Gothic architecture.

The present church of Saint-Martial was built in the 19th century using plans formulated by the architect Paul Abadie. It replaced the Roman church, a little and ominous ruin, erected in the 12th century. The later building was erected on 4th July

St. Peter's Cathedral
St. Peter's Cathedral
Perigord Romanesque style.

Built in the 12th century, the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre was partly destroyed by the Calvinists in 1562. During the following century, a first campaign aimed to restore it. In the 19th century, architect Paul Abadie was charged with restoring the mo

The Ramparts of Angoulême
The Ramparts of Angoulême
A well-protected city.

Fortified since ancient times, the city of Angoulême has developed within ramparts following the boundaries of the plateau overhanging the rocky cliffs. In the 13th century, the city was developed towards the east and south-east. These new fortifica

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