The Plantagenêt City |
| The old town took its name from the English Plantagenet dynasty, whose founder, the future Henri II, was born in Le Mans. Many traces of this royal period can still be found in the stones dating from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Nine hectares of cobbled streets, half-timbered houses and Renaissance hotels, protected by a Roam wall and with the Cathedrale towering above it. The Plantagenet City, the magnificent backdrop it provides, is regulary used as a film set. Part of "Cyrano de Bergerac" (Jean-Paul Rapeneau), "Le Bossu" (Philippe de Broca) and "Les blessures assassins" (Jean-Pierre Denis) "Jean de la Fontaine" (Daniel Vigne) and "Molière, le comédien malgré lui" (Laurent Tirard) were shot here. |
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