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À travers leurs œuvres, la photographie devient un espace de rencontre et de réflexion, des villes américaines où la faune sauvage réapprend à cohabiter avec l'Homme aux recherches scientifiques qui bouleversent notre vision des dinosaures, en passant par les campagnes françaises en pleine mutation, les fêtes populaires célébrant la joie d'être ensemble, et les récits de femmes ukrainiennes réfugiées en France. Chaque exposition propose ainsi une exploration singulière de ce qui nous relie : notre environnement et notre histoire. Une visite guidée du parcours photographique est proposée les jeudis 9, 16, 23 et 30 juillet ainsi que les 6 et 13 août, de 11h à 12h, en supplément du droit d'entrée.","2026-06-25T22:00:00+00:00","2026-10-31T23:00:00+00:00",null,"Compris dans le droit d'entrée à l'abbaye (7€ tarif plein, 5€ tarif réduit, gratuit moins de 10 ans)",false,"https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fevent-images\u002Fla-photographie-lepau-2026.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fepau.sarthe.fr\u002Fla-photographie-lepau","published",[19,22,25,28,31],{"name":20,"about":21},"Corey Arnold","Photographe américain, série « Cities gone wild » sur la faune sauvage s'adaptant aux grandes villes.",{"name":23,"about":24},"Paolo Verzone","Photographe, série « Repenser les dinosaures » sur les recherches paléontologiques contemporaines.",{"name":26,"about":27},"Kateryna Lebreton","Photographe, série « Au fil de la mémoire », portraits de femmes ukrainiennes réfugiées en France.",{"name":29,"about":30},"Steven Wassenaar","Photographe documentant depuis 2022 le monde rural français dans « Le visage de la terre est dans son cœur ».",{"name":32,"about":33},"Gérard Uféras","Photographe, série « Ensemble », célébration des événements collectifs et de la communion.",{"en-US":35},{"_h":36,"title":37,"performers":38,"price_text":49,"description":50,"organizer_about":51,"description_long":52},"eb6764911d4aaa83","Photography at the Épau: Open-Air Photo Trail",[39,41,43,45,47],{"name":20,"about":40},"American photographer; series “Cities gone wild” on wildlife adapting to large cities.",{"name":23,"about":42},"Photographer; series “Repenser les dinosaures” on contemporary paleontological research.",{"name":26,"about":44},"Photographer; series “Au fil de la mémoire,” portraits of Ukrainian women refugees in France.",{"name":29,"about":46},"Photographer documenting rural France since 2022 in “Le visage de la terre est dans son cœur.”",{"name":32,"about":48},"Photographer; series “Ensemble,” celebrating collective events and communion.","Included with abbey admission (€7 full price, €5 reduced, free under 10)","Five contemporary photographers take over the park of the Abbaye royale de l'Épau: Corey Arnold, Paolo Verzone, Kateryna Lebreton, Steven Wassenaar, and Gérard Uféras. Through their work, photography becomes a space for encounter and reflection, from American cities where wildlife is relearning how to live alongside people, to scientific research that is upending our view of dinosaurs, from French countryside in full transformation to popular festivals celebrating the joy of being together, and the stories of Ukrainian women refugees in France. Each exhibition offers a singular exploration of what connects us: our environment and our history. Guided tours of the photo trail are offered on Thursdays, July 9, 16, 23, and 30, and on August 6 and 13, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, in addition to the admission fee.","The Abbaye royale de l'Épau, founded by Queen Bérengère of Navarre, widow of Richard the Lionheart, is managed by the Sarthe Departmental Council. Year-round, the site offers a heritage trail, a 13-hectare park with permaculture gardens, and a rich cultural program, including this open-air photo trail.","The Abbaye Royale de l'Épau hosts an open-air photo trail that mixes heritage, nature, and contemporary creation, in the exceptional setting of the abbey and its park. Five contemporary photographers each present an original series, installed outdoors along the visitor route.\n\nCorey Arnold explores wildlife adapting to large American cities in “Cities gone wild.” Paolo Verzone challenges our representations with “Repenser les dinosaures,” drawing on the latest paleontological research. Kateryna Lebreton presents “Au fil de la mémoire,” a series of portraits of Ukrainian women refugees in France. Since 2022, Steven Wassenaar has documented rural France in “Le visage de la terre est dans son cœur.” Finally, Gérard Uféras celebrates collective events and human communion in “Ensemble.”\n\nThe trail is open from June 26 to November 1, 2026. Guided tours are offered on Thursdays, July 9, 16, 23, and 30, and on August 6 and 13, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM.","L'Abbaye Royale de l'Épau accueille un parcours photographique en plein air mêlant patrimoine, nature et création contemporaine, dans le cadre exceptionnel de l'abbaye et de son parc. Cinq photographes contemporains y présentent chacun une série originale, installée à ciel ouvert le long du parcours de visite.\n\nCorey Arnold explore avec « Cities gone wild » la faune sauvage qui s'adapte aux grandes villes américaines. Paolo Verzone questionne nos représentations avec « Repenser les dinosaures », à partir des recherches paléontologiques les plus récentes. Kateryna Lebreton signe « Au fil de la mémoire », une série de portraits de femmes ukrainiennes réfugiées en France. Steven Wassenaar documente depuis 2022 le monde rural français dans « Le visage de la terre est dans son cœur ». Enfin, Gérard Uféras célèbre les événements collectifs et la communion humaine dans « Ensemble ».\n\nLe parcours est visible du 26 juin au 1er novembre 2026. Des visites guidées sont proposées les jeudis 9, 16, 23 et 30 juillet ainsi que les 6 et 13 août, de 11h à 12h.","Abbaye royale de l'Épau (Conseil départemental de la Sarthe)","L'Abbaye royale de l'Épau, fondée par la reine Bérengère de Navarre, veuve de Richard Cœur de Lion, est gérée par le Conseil départemental de la Sarthe. Le site propose toute l'année un parcours patrimonial, un parc de 13 hectares avec jardins en permaculture, et une programmation culturelle riche, dont ce parcours photographique à ciel ouvert.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=EkjwgW4NW3c",{"icon":58,"name":59,"slug":60,"color":61,"traductions":62},"palette","Expos & Musées","expos","#0F766E",{"en-US":63},{"_h":64,"name":65},"ea75133f23544389","Exhibits & Museums",{"lat":67,"lng":68,"city":69,"name":70,"slug":71,"address":72,"logo_url":12,"image_url":73,"traductions":74},48.006226,0.277726,"Yvré-l'Évêque","Abbaye Royale de l'Épau","abbaye-royale-de-lepau","Route de Changé","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fevent-images\u002Fvenue-abbaye-royale-de-lepau.jpg",{"en-US":75},{"_h":76,"history":77,"practical":78,"description":84,"description_long":85},"074f5050b40be138","L'Abbaye Royale de l'Épau was founded by Queen Berengaria of Navarre, widow of Richard the Lionheart, King of England. King Louis IX (Saint Louis) granted her the land in 1228. The founding charter of this Cistercian monastery for men is dated 1229, and an agreement settling a dispute with the Hôtel-Dieu de Coëffort was reached in 1230, the year twelve monks from Cîteaux, led by their abbot Jean, settled at l'Épau. Berengaria died in 1230, barely a year after the foundation, and was buried in the abbey she had founded. The church was consecrated by the bishop of Le Mans in 1234. Her recumbent effigy, now visible in the abbey church, remains one of the most moving witnesses to this history.\n\nThe monks drained the surrounding marshes and diverted the course of the Huisne to make room for construction, which progressed from south to north: church, sacristy, chapter house, dormitory and refectory, with Gothic embellishments added around 1260 to 1320. During the Hundred Years' War, the abbey was damaged in the 1360s (a fire in 1365 is traditionally cited, although recent historical work has nuanced this). In 1367, King Charles V authorized funding for the reconstruction using part of the ransom paid for the release of John II the Good. From 1479, King Louis XI imposed the commendam by appointing Thomas des Capitaines as the first commendatory abbot, breaking with the traditional monastic election and sparking conflicts, sometimes violent, such as under Abbot Macé Petiot in the 1490s.\n\nDuring the Revolution, an inventory was drawn up on August 28, 1790, and the monks left in October of that year. The abbey, now national property, was sold to an industrialist who turned it into a laundry and then a farm, keeping it in agricultural use for more than a century and a half. On June 18, 1959, the Sarthe departmental council bought back the abbey for eleven million francs and launched a major restoration respectful of its 13th-century architecture. The Department has held its assemblies there since the 1970s, and in 1982, at the initiative of its president Michel d'Aillières, created the Festival de l'Épau, today one of France's major classical music events (42nd edition in May 2026). In March 2017, the site was officially renamed “Abbaye Royale de l'Épau” to highlight its royal character, brought to light by recent historical research. Since 2016, its cultural management has been entrusted to Sarthe Culture.",{"hours":79,"access":80,"transit":81,"telephone":82,"accessibilite":83},"September 1 to June 30: Wednesday through Sunday, 11 AM–6 PM, and Mondays during school holidays. July 1 to August 31: every day except Tuesday, 10 AM–7 PM. Closed Tuesdays, December 25 and January 1. Last entries 30 minutes before closing.","Route de Changé, in Yvré-l'Évêque, just outside Le Mans. By the A28 motorway: exit 23 “Le Mans Z.I. Sud,” follow “Le Mans Centre,” then “Abbaye de l'Épau.” Le Mans train station is 55 minutes from Paris by TGV.","Tram line 2, toward Espal - Arche de la Nature, Épau - Gué Bernisson stop (about 15 minutes from the SNCF train station), then a 5-minute walk. Bus line 6, toward Saint-Martin, Gué Bernisson stop.","02 43 84 22 29","Video guide in French Sign Language (LSF). FALC booklet (Easy to Read and Easy to Understand) available on request at the front desk. Audio tours on the Guidigo app.","Cistercian abbey founded in 1230 by Bérengère de Navarre, widow of Richard Cœur de Lion, and considered one of the most beautiful Cistercian jewels in France. The estate includes the abbey church, the monastic buildings, and a wooded park on the banks of the Huisne.","On the outskirts of Le Mans, in the commune of Yvré-l'Évêque, the Abbaye Royale de l'Épau is a former Cistercian monastery that has kept a remarkable medieval architectural unity. The abbey church, cloister, chapter house, scriptorium, warming room, and monks' dormitory can be visited along a heritage trail, complemented by a 17th-century wing. The estate also includes gardens being restored around a permaculture project, a heritage orchard, beehives, a café on site (Café des Moines), and a shop.\n\nManaged since 2016 by Sarthe Culture on behalf of the Sarthe Department, the abbey hosts temporary exhibitions (photography, art), lectures, “Rendez-vous nature,” and activities for families and school groups all year, along with a summer program (“Un été à l'Épau”). Every May it becomes the setting for the Festival de l'Épau, a major classical music festival in the region, and at year's end it offers nighttime illuminations (“Le Voyage lumineux et sonore”). The abbey also hosts seminars and receptions in this exceptional heritage setting.\n\nPeople come for the calm of the cloister, to read 13th-century Cistercian architecture, and for a cultural program that blends heritage, nature, and live performance, just a few minutes from central Le Mans.",{"venue":87},{"id":88,"slug":71,"name":70,"address":72,"postal_code":89,"city":69,"description":90,"website":91,"location":92,"created_at":93,"lng":68,"lat":67,"contact_email":94,"email_source":12,"image_url":73,"image_credit":95,"kind":96,"practical":97,"description_long":102,"history":103,"plan_url":12,"contact_emails":104,"plan_credit":12,"socials":105,"logo_url":12,"logo_source":12,"logo_on_dark":14,"dossier":109,"dossier_sources":110,"dossier_maj":125,"instagram_handle":126,"partenaire_niveau":127,"traductions":128},"609ad509-e7a1-48b0-8752-44ffcbad0bcd","72530","Abbaye cistercienne fondée en 1230 par Bérengère de Navarre, veuve de Richard Cœur de Lion, considérée comme l'un des plus beaux joyaux cisterciens de France. Le domaine comprend l'église abbatiale, les bâtiments conventuels et un parc boisé au bord de l'Huisne.","https:\u002F\u002Fepau.sarthe.fr\u002F","0101000020E6100000E9EDCF4543C6D13F44317903CC004840","2026-07-14T15:15:35.876082+00:00","epau.accueil@sarthe.fr","Photo : Selbymay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","parc",{"hours":98,"access":99,"transit":100,"telephone":82,"accessibilite":101},"Du 1er septembre au 30 juin : du mercredi au dimanche de 11h à 18h, et les lundis des vacances scolaires. Du 1er juillet au 31 août : tous les jours sauf le mardi, de 10h à 19h. Fermé le mardi, le 25 décembre et le 1er janvier. Dernières entrées 30 minutes avant la fermeture.","Route de Changé, à Yvré-l'Évêque, à la sortie du Mans. Par l'autoroute A28 : sortie 23 Le Mans Z.I. Sud, suivre Le Mans Centre puis Abbaye de l'Épau. Gare du Mans à 55 min de Paris en TGV.","Tram ligne 2, direction Espal - Arche de la Nature, arrêt Épau - Gué Bernisson (environ 15 min depuis la gare SNCF), puis 5 min à pied. Bus ligne 6, direction Saint-Martin, arrêt Gué Bernisson.","Visioguide en langue des signes française (LSF), livret FALC (Facile à lire et à comprendre) disponible sur demande à l'accueil, visites audio sur l'application Guidigo.","Aux portes du Mans, sur la commune d'Yvré-l'Évêque, l'Abbaye Royale de l'Épau est un ancien monastère cistercien qui a conservé une remarquable unité architecturale médiévale : église abbatiale, cloître, salle du chapitre, scriptorium, chauffoir et dortoir des moines se visitent au fil d'un parcours patrimonial complété par une aile du XVIIe siècle. Le domaine comprend également des jardins en restauration autour d'un projet de permaculture, un verger conservatoire, des ruches et un café (Café des Moines) installé sur place, ainsi qu'une boutique.\n\nGérée depuis 2016 par Sarthe Culture pour le compte du Département de la Sarthe, l'abbaye conjugue toute l'année expositions temporaires (photographie, art), conférences, \"Rendez-vous nature\", animations pour les familles et les scolaires, et une programmation estivale (\"Un été à l'Épau\"). Chaque année en mai, elle devient l'écrin du Festival de l'Épau, rendez-vous majeur de musique classique en région, et propose en fin d'année des illuminations nocturnes (\"Le Voyage lumineux et sonore\"). L'abbaye accueille aussi séminaires et réceptions dans ce cadre patrimonial exceptionnel.\n\nOn y vient pour la sérénité du cloître, la lecture de l'architecture cistercienne du XIIIe siècle, et la richesse d'une programmation culturelle qui mêle patrimoine, nature et spectacle vivant, à quelques minutes du centre du Mans.","L'Abbaye Royale de l'Épau est fondée par la reine Bérengère de Navarre, veuve de Richard Cœur de Lion, roi d'Angleterre. Le roi Louis IX (Saint Louis) lui accorde le terrain en 1228 ; l'acte fondateur de ce monastère cistercien masculin date de 1229, et un accord réglant un différend avec l'Hôtel-Dieu de Coëffort intervient en 1230, année où douze moines venus de Cîteaux, conduits par leur abbé Jean, s'installent à l'Épau. Bérengère meurt en 1230, un an à peine après la fondation, et est inhumée dans l'abbaye dont elle est la fondatrice ; l'église est consacrée par l'évêque du Mans en 1234. Son gisant, aujourd'hui visible dans l'église abbatiale, reste l'un des témoignages les plus émouvants de cette histoire.\n\nLes moines assèchent les marais environnants et détournent le cours de l'Huisne pour asseoir la construction, qui progresse du sud vers le nord : église, sacristie, salle du chapitre, dortoir, réfectoire, avec des embellissements gothiques réalisés entre 1260 et 1320 environ. Durant la guerre de Cent Ans, l'abbaye subit des dommages dans les années 1360 (un incendie en 1365 est traditionnellement évoqué, bien que des travaux historiques récents en nuancent la réalité) ; le roi Charles V autorise en 1367 le financement de la reconstruction grâce à une partie de la rançon versée pour la libération de Jean II le Bon. À partir de 1479, le roi Louis XI impose la commende en nommant Thomas des Capitaines comme premier abbé commendataire, rompant avec l'élection monastique traditionnelle et provoquant des conflits, parfois violents, comme sous l'abbé Macé Petiot dans les années 1490.\n\nÀ la Révolution, un inventaire est dressé le 28 août 1790 et les moines quittent les lieux en octobre de la même année ; l'abbaye, devenue bien national, est vendue à un industriel qui la transforme en blanchisserie puis en ferme, la vouant à un usage agricole pendant plus d'un siècle et demi. Le 18 juin 1959, le Conseil général de la Sarthe rachète l'abbaye pour onze millions de francs et engage une importante restauration respectueuse de l'architecture du XIIIe siècle. Le Département y organise ses assemblées depuis les années 1970, et crée dès 1982, à l'initiative de son président Michel d'Aillières, le Festival de l'Épau, aujourd'hui l'un des grands rendez-vous de musique classique en France (42e édition en mai 2026). En mars 2017, le site est officiellement renommé \"Abbaye Royale de l'Épau\" pour mettre en avant son caractère royal, mis en lumière par des recherches historiques récentes ; depuis 2016, sa gestion culturelle est confiée à Sarthe Culture.",[94],{"twitter":106,"facebook":107,"instagram":108},"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fabbaye_epau","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002FAbbayeRoyaledelEpau","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.instagram.com\u002F_abbayedelepau_","## Visiter l'abbaye\n\nL'abbaye se visite librement aux heures d'ouverture : église abbatiale avec le gisant de la reine Bérengère, cloître, salle du chapitre, scriptorium, chauffoir et dortoir des moines, puis le parc au bord de l'Huisne, les jardins et le verger. Un livret de visite est remis à l'accueil et des panneaux explicatifs accompagnent les salles. Le site est classé monument historique depuis 1973.\n\nDe septembre à juin, l'équipe de médiation propose une visite guidée chaque samedi et dimanche, à 11 h et à 16 h, consacrée à l'histoire de l'abbaye, à la vie des moines et à sa fondatrice, Bérengère de Navarre. Réservation obligatoire, départ à partir de 3 personnes.\n\n## Les mystères de l'abbaye\n\nNouveauté 2026 : une enquête à mener en équipe dans les salles de l'abbaye. Le corps de la reine Bérengère a disparu pendant la guerre de Cent Ans ; énigmes, symboles et indices permettent de remonter sa trace. Dès 12 ans, à 2 ou 3 joueurs minimum, compter 1 h à 1 h 30. Le kit de jeu se récupère à l'accueil, sans supplément au droit d'entrée.\n\n## En famille\n\nL'abbaye a signé en 2020 la charte Môm'Art, qui engage les lieux de patrimoine à bien accueillir les enfants. Deux livrets-jeux gratuits permettent d'explorer le site en autonomie, l'un pour les 3-6 ans, l'autre pour les 7-12 ans, et une enquête numérique jeune public se joue sur l'application Guidigo.\n\nÀ chaque vacances scolaires, l'abbaye propose une quête à mener en autonomie et des ateliers créatifs le mercredi après-midi, sur réservation, avec un adulte accompagnateur. On peut prolonger par un goûter au Café des Moines.\n\n## Le jardin permacole\n\nDepuis 2017, le parc est réaménagé autour d'un jardin en permaculture. Ruches, mare, forêt nourricière, serre et poulailler y ont pris place, et le tracé du jardin reprend celui de la grande verrière de l'église abbatiale. Une rosace végétale invite à la détente, et la promenade se prolonge le long des douves. Au printemps et à l'automne, des ateliers au jardin sont proposés aux adultes.\n\n## Le Café des Moines et la boutique\n\nAu cœur de l'abbaye, le Café des Moines a une terrasse avec vue sur le parc. Chaque semaine, le chef compose un menu de saison avec des produits cultivés en grande partie dans le jardin permacole. Ouvert du mercredi au dimanche, de 12 h à 18 h ; le midi, sur réservation uniquement (02 43 54 74 91, cafedesmoines@sarthe.fr), salon de thé l'après-midi.\n\nLa boutique propose plus de 500 références : ouvrages spécialisés, produits monastiques, spécialités du terroir, un coin des créateurs et une collection Reine Bérengère. On y trouve aussi les produits du jardin : conserves, tisanes et une liqueur aux plantes aromatiques.\n\n## L'automne et l'hiver à l'Épau\n\nPendant les vacances de la Toussaint : la quête d'automne, un atelier de décoration de citrouilles et un atelier de jaspage, technique de reliure ancienne. Le jeudi 12 novembre, une conférence présente les tapisseries anciennes conservées à l'abbaye. Du 27 novembre au 3 janvier, le Voyage lumineux et sonore illumine le parc à la tombée de la nuit, en accès gratuit. Pendant les vacances de Noël : quête d'hiver, atelier couronne d'hiver et atelier carte de vœux enluminée.\n\n## Réserver\n\nAteliers, quêtes et visites guidées se réservent à l'accueil : 02 43 84 22 29 ou epau.accueil@sarthe.fr. Places limitées.",[111,114,117,120,123],{"url":91,"titre":112,"consulte_le":113},"Site de l'Abbaye Royale de l'Épau","2026-10-12",{"url":115,"titre":116,"consulte_le":113},"https:\u002F\u002Fepau.sarthe.fr\u002Fnos-offres-pour-la-famille","Nos offres pour la famille",{"url":118,"titre":119,"consulte_le":113},"https:\u002F\u002Fepau.sarthe.fr\u002Fanimations-culturelles-et-patrimoniales","Animations culturelles et patrimoniales",{"url":121,"titre":122,"consulte_le":113},"https:\u002F\u002Fepau.sarthe.fr\u002Fconferences","Conférences",{"url":91,"titre":124,"consulte_le":113},"Programme 2026 de l'abbaye (brochure distribuée à l'accueil)","2026-10-12T20:46:52.37666+00:00","_abbayedelepau_",0,{"en-US":129},{"_h":76,"history":77,"practical":130,"description":84,"description_long":85},{"hours":79,"access":80,"transit":81,"telephone":82,"accessibilite":83},[132,172,208,247],{"id":133,"slug":134,"title":135,"description":136,"starts_at":137,"ends_at":138,"occurrences":12,"price_text":139,"is_free":14,"image_url":140,"image_credit":12,"external_url":141,"status":17,"type":12,"accroche":12,"tarif":12,"prix_min":12,"prix_max":12,"reservation":12,"etat":12,"forme":12,"horaires":12,"sans_heure":14,"performers":12,"traductions":142,"category":150,"venue":153},"0f75a873-5fb5-4464-9a95-ac9a126a74a9","peindre-la-lumiere-vitrail-sarthe","Peindre la lumière. Le vitrail en Sarthe, 19e-21e siècles","Exposition retraçant l'épopée du vitrail en Sarthe depuis sa redécouverte au XIXe siècle jusqu'aux créations contemporaines, avec des œuvres de Maurice Denis, Auguste Alleaume, Gabriel Loire et Max Ingrand, au Musée Jean-Claude Boulard - Carré Plantagenêt.","2026-01-23T09:00:00+00:00","2026-10-31T17:00:00+00:00","Gratuit","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fevent-images\u002Fpeindre-la-lumiere-vitrail-sarthe.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lemans.fr\u002Fmes-activites\u002Fculture\u002Fles-musees",{"en-US":143},{"_h":144,"title":145,"price_text":146,"description":147,"organizer_about":148,"description_long":149},"53ec44601491cdd3","Painting the Light: Stained Glass in the Sarthe, 19th–21st Centuries","Free","An exhibition tracing the story of stained glass in the Sarthe, from its rediscovery in the 19th century to contemporary creations, with works by Maurice Denis, Auguste Alleaume, Gabriel Loire and Max Ingrand, at the Musée Jean-Claude Boulard – Carré Plantagenêt.","The Le Mans museums, run by the City of Le Mans, bring together the Musée Jean-Claude Boulard - Carré Plantagenêt (archaeology and history) and the Musée de Tessé (fine arts). Year-round, they offer a permanent collection and temporary exhibitions devoted to the heritage of the Sarthe.","The Musée Jean-Claude Boulard – Carré Plantagenêt is hosting a temporary exhibition on stained glass in the Sarthe, from the 19th to the 21st century. The story begins in the mid-19th century, when the restoration of the Le Mans cathedral's stained-glass windows rediscovered the techniques of medieval master glassmakers. Le Mans then became one of France's leading capitals of painted glass, a craft that spread well beyond the Sarthe and beyond France's borders.\n\nOrganized in five sections, the exhibition highlights the great figures of Sarthe stained glass as well as the contemporary artists who have reinvented this technique, long used as a “book of glass” meant to instruct the faithful. Among the 20th-century master glassmakers featured are Maurice Denis, Auguste Alleaume, Gabriel Loire and Max Ingrand. The tour shows how the Le Mans region remains a land of innovation in stained glass, with many bold contemporary creations.\n\nThe exhibition runs January 23 to November 2, 2026, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 AM–12:30 PM and 2–6 PM, at 2 rue Claude Blondeau in Le Mans.",{"icon":58,"name":59,"slug":60,"color":61,"traductions":151},{"en-US":152},{"_h":64,"name":65},{"lat":154,"lng":155,"city":156,"name":157,"slug":158,"address":159,"logo_url":12,"image_url":160,"traductions":161},48.007169,0.198622,"Le Mans","Musée Jean-Claude Boulard - Carré Plantagenêt","carre-plantagenet","2 rue Claude Blondeau","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fevent-images\u002Fvenue-carre-plantagenet.jpg",{"en-US":162},{"_h":163,"history":164,"practical":165,"description":170,"description_long":171},"6cda927875242dcd","Before it was a museum, the site had several lives. In the 13th century the Filles-Dieu convent settled here, where nuns lived under the Rule of Saint Augustine. In the 18th century the convent was dissolved and turned into a hospital-seminary for elderly and destitute priests. During the French Revolution the site was split into two lots and sold as national property; in 1795, the printer Charles Monnoyer bought one of these lots. The Monnoyer family, printers since 1618 (first in Paris, then in Le Mans), built a thriving print shop on the site that left a lasting mark on the city, until it ceased operations in 1986 under Paul Monnoyer, then 83 years old.\n\nThe current museum, designed by architect Bernard Althabegoïty, is the product of a major restoration of the former Monnoyer print shop and the Filles-Dieu convent, at a cost of about €20.2 million. Some parts of the old buildings were kept as architectural witnesses to the city's history. The Carré Plantagenêt opened on June 18, 2009, in the Saint-Nicolas district of Le Mans.\n\nNote that Le Mans was among the very first French cities to open a museum after the Revolution, as early as 1799, with a collection first housed at the Abbey of La Couture and based in part on the bequest of Marshal de Tessé. That collection gave rise to the Tessé Museum, the counterpart of the Carré Plantagenêt in the Le Mans museum network.",{"bus":166,"tram":167,"parking":168,"acces_sources":169},"Lines M, 8 — Mendès France stop, 80 m · wheelchair-accessible stop","T2 — Jacobins-Quinconces stop, 150 m · wheelchair-accessible stop","Parking 60 m away: Parking des Jacobins (paid, 388 spaces, underground)","Data: SETRAM \u002F Le Mans Métropole (GTFS, Open Licence), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)","Archaeology and history museum of Le Mans, housed in the former Oratorian college, dedicated to two thousand years of the city's history.","The Jean-Claude-Boulard museum - Carré Plantagenêt, Le Mans' archaeology and history museum, covers 3,360 m² (including 1,400 m² of permanent exhibits and 300 m² of temporary exhibits). Its five-part route traces the history of the Sarthe region from prehistory to the late Middle Ages: prehistory, protohistory, the Gallo-Roman era, the early Middle Ages and the medieval Maine. The collection, built up since the 19th century and through digs across the territory since the 1970s, features highlights such as the hoard of Cenomanian coins found on the banks of the Huisne in 1997, the Venus of Rextuganos, the glass drinking horn, the Coëffort hoard, Plantagenêt enamel, and a gallery of six stone tomb effigies.\n\nThe route is designed for all audiences and relies on models, watercolor reconstructions, interactive kiosks and staged spaces. The museum has an auditorium (about 120 seats), activity rooms, a documentation center and a tearoom. Admission is free, including for temporary exhibitions; only workshops and guided tours are paid.\n\nBeyond its permanent route, the museum hosts temporary exhibitions several times a year and a public outreach department that runs education programs for schools, associations, hospitals and the local detention center, with the aim of making culture accessible to everyone.",{"id":173,"slug":174,"title":175,"description":12,"starts_at":176,"ends_at":138,"occurrences":12,"price_text":12,"is_free":14,"image_url":177,"image_credit":178,"external_url":179,"status":17,"type":12,"accroche":12,"tarif":12,"prix_min":12,"prix_max":12,"reservation":12,"etat":12,"forme":12,"horaires":12,"sans_heure":14,"performers":12,"traductions":180,"category":185,"venue":188},"c567960c-bbeb-4ac0-a1bf-fbdc7a32e397","la-vie-secrete-dun-vieux-frene-mediatheque-aragon-2026-09-29","La vie secrète d'un vieux frêne","2026-09-29T08:00:00+00:00","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fvenue-photos\u002Fevenements\u002Fla-vie-secrete-dun-vieux-frene-mediatheque-aragon-2026-09-29\u002Fla-vie-secrete-dun-vieux-frene-mediatheque-aragon-2026-09-29-1.jpg","Visuel : Médiathèque Louis Aragon \u002F Ville du Mans (Réseau des médiathèques)","https:\u002F\u002Fopenagenda.com\u002Ffr\u002Freseau-des-mediatheques-du-mans\u002Fevents\u002F99854563_la-vie-secrete-dun-vieux-frene",{"en-US":181},{"_h":182,"title":183,"description_long":184},"d785d2204cb93ea0","The Secret Life of an Old Ash Tree","Exhibition built around “L'Arbri” (Éditions du Ricochet), the album by Séverine Duchesne, winner of the 2026 Livre vert – Le Mans grant. An installation made by children from the City of Le Mans leisure centers serves as a showcase for the behind-the-scenes making of the book. On view during opening hours at the Aragon Library until October 31, all ages.",{"icon":58,"name":59,"slug":60,"color":61,"traductions":186},{"en-US":187},{"_h":64,"name":65},{"lat":189,"lng":190,"city":156,"name":191,"slug":192,"address":193,"logo_url":194,"image_url":195,"traductions":196},48.002637,0.19288,"Médiathèque Louis Aragon","mediatheque-louis-aragon","54 rue du Port","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fvenue-logos\u002Fmediatheque-louis-aragon.png","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fevent-images\u002Fvenue-mediatheque-louis-aragon.jpg",{"en-US":197},{"_h":198,"history":199,"practical":200,"description":206,"description_long":207},"e12bda28e99ce3c9","Public reading in Le Mans dates back to 1789, when the first municipal library was created from the revolutionary confiscation of religious communities' property in the region. First housed in the attics of the prefecture (former Abbey of La Couture), it gained municipal library status in 1803, and a first inventory was drawn up in 1805.\n\nIn 1931, the collections moved to the former offices of the Chappée foundry on rue Gambetta, where the library kept growing: its spaces doubled, with Study and Public Reading sections added in 1962–1963, a youth section opened in 1971, and then the first neighborhood annex (Ronceray) in 1973.\n\nIn 1988, the central library moved for the first time into a building designed specifically for it, in the Halles district: the Louis Aragon library, designed by architect Jean-Louis Bertrand, which brought audiovisual media in alongside print. The number of registered members rose from 1,600 in 1965 to 16,000 today, and annual loans across the network rose from 40,000 to 900,000.",{"bus":201,"tram":202,"hours":203,"parking":204,"acces_sources":169,"accessibilite":205},"Lines C4, 12, 14 — Médiathèque stop, 20 m · wheelchair-accessible stop","T1 — Éperon stop, 290 m · wheelchair-accessible stop","Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 10 AM–6:30 PM. Thursday: 1:30–6:30 PM. Saturday: 10 AM–6 PM. Closed Sunday and Monday. The Children and Teens space opens at 1:30 PM on weekdays; during short school holidays it opens at 10 AM (except Thursdays). Digital advisors: Wednesday 2–5 PM and Saturday 10 AM–1 PM. Reduced hours in July (9 AM–1 PM) and closed for all of August.","Parking 80 m away: Médiathèque (paid, 240 spaces, underground)","Partial wheelchair access (OpenStreetMap)","The city's main library, a cultural and educational hub for the people of Le Mans.","Located in the heart of downtown Le Mans, just steps from Place de la République, the Louis Aragon library heads the Le Mans Libraries and Archives network. It oversees all the neighborhood libraries (Saulnières, Sud, l'Espal, les Vergers) as well as partner relay libraries. The building, with its cubic design around a large courtyard, covers 7,700 m², of which 4,000 m² are open to the public.\n\nIt offers a wide selection of collections (books, magazines, CDs, DVDs), access to the Inathèque, equipment for visually impaired readers, Wi-Fi, a digital space with digital-skills advisors on duty, and a 24\u002F7 automatic book return robot. It also has an auditorium and an exhibition space that regularly host talks, screenings and cultural events. Thematic areas are dedicated to youth, music and cinema.\n\nThe library also holds the network's most precious heritage collections: about 700 manuscripts (130 of them medieval), nearly 400 incunabula printed before 1501, some 130,000 volumes printed before 1909, and specialized collections on Maine (11,000 documents), automobiles (11,700 documents) and architecture (3,300 drawings and plans). This heritage earns the institution the status of a classified municipal library (bibliothèque municipale classée).",{"id":209,"slug":210,"title":211,"description":212,"starts_at":213,"ends_at":214,"occurrences":12,"price_text":215,"is_free":14,"image_url":216,"image_credit":12,"external_url":217,"status":17,"type":12,"accroche":12,"tarif":12,"prix_min":12,"prix_max":12,"reservation":12,"etat":12,"forme":12,"horaires":12,"sans_heure":14,"performers":12,"traductions":218,"category":225,"venue":228},"d5b2ea73-29b1-4ef7-837a-e3923dd622e2","exposition-erro-fiaa-2026","Exposition ERRÓ au FIAA","Le centre d'art FIAA consacre une exposition au peintre et graveur islandais ERRÓ (Guðmundur Guðmundsson), pionnier de la Figuration Narrative. Vingt-et-une toiles, onze collages originaux, des digigraphies et aquagravures, réalisés pour la plupart entre 2020 et 2023, y sont présentés : des assemblages d'images de publicité, de bande dessinée et de presse, à la fois critiques, satiriques et pleins d'humour. Ouvert du mardi au dimanche de 14h à 18h ; entrée gratuite les dimanches d'août 2026.","2026-05-22T12:00:00+00:00","2026-11-01T17:00:00+00:00","De 3€ (tarif réduit) à 5€ (plein tarif) ; gratuit les dimanches d'août 2026","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fevent-images\u002Fexposition-erro-fiaa-2026.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fiaa-lemans.com\u002Fexposition-en-cours",{"en-US":219},{"_h":220,"title":221,"price_text":222,"description":223,"description_long":224},"e9fea6f4ccb74cf8","ERRÓ exhibition at FIAA","€3 (reduced) to €5 (full price); free on Sundays in August 2026","The FIAA art center presents an exhibition by Icelandic painter and printmaker ERRÓ (Guðmundur Guðmundsson), a pioneer of Narrative Figuration. Twenty-one paintings, eleven original collages, digigraphies and aquagravures, mostly made between 2020 and 2023, are on display: assemblages of advertising, comics and press images, at once critical, satirical and full of humor. Open Tuesday through Sunday, 2–6 PM; free admission on Sundays in August 2026.","The FIAA (Fonds International d'Art Actuel), based at La Visitation in Le Mans, presents an exhibition of Erró, real name Guðmundur Guðmundsson, a major figure of the Icelandic art scene and one of the most distinctive voices in narrative painting since the 1960s. Born in 1932 in Ólafsvík, Iceland, trained in Reykjavík, Oslo, Florence and Ravenna between 1949 and 1955, he settled in Paris in 1958 and developed a body of work that led to the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1969), the Centre Pompidou (1975–1976, then 2010) and the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (2014).\n\nThe heart of his approach rests on a decision made in 1964: to stop inventing forms. Since then, Erró draws exclusively on existing images (comics, advertisements, political iconography, magazine pages), which he cuts out, sorts and assembles by theme before transferring them onto canvas. This collage process produces saturated compositions in which images of mass culture coexist without hierarchy with references to art history, in a style critics often call “baroque pop”: a bold profusion, at once satirical, critical and full of humor, that paints a teeming portrait of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.\n\nAt the FIAA, the exhibition brings together 21 paintings, 11 original collages, and digigraphs and aquagraphs, mostly made between 2020 and 2023: a recent body of work that shows the constancy of Erró's gesture across more than sixty years of career. A 40-page catalog, published by Lelivredart, accompanies the exhibition.\n\nOn view May 22 to November 1, 2026, Tuesday through Sunday, 2–6 PM, at the FIAA Art Center, 1 rue Gambetta in Le Mans.",{"icon":58,"name":59,"slug":60,"color":61,"traductions":226},{"en-US":227},{"_h":64,"name":65},{"lat":229,"lng":230,"city":156,"name":231,"slug":232,"address":233,"logo_url":234,"image_url":235,"traductions":236},48.004148,0.195328,"FIAA - Fonds International d'Art Actuel","fiaa-centre-art-actuel","La Visitation, 1 rue Gambetta","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fvenue-logos\u002Ffiaa-centre-art-actuel.png","https:\u002F\u002Frxpslhyadfopswypqcpv.supabase.co\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Fevent-images\u002Fvenue-fiaa-centre-art-actuel.jpg",{"en-US":237},{"_h":238,"history":239,"practical":240,"description":245,"description_long":246},"165c23580dd40d16","FIAA opened in September 2020 on the initiative of Lucien Ruimy, an artist and organizer of the Puls'Art fair, in a contemporary building set within the historic La Visitation site. The center was designed to house the city of Le Mans collection as well as those of the Lefranc & Bourgeois company and of Lucien Ruimy himself, with the ambition of offering a panorama of recent international artistic creation.\n\nIts location is part of the overall redevelopment of the La Visitation site, a former Visitandine convent completed in 1723. After the French Revolution it was turned into barracks, a prison, a hospital and a weaving workshop, then a gendarmerie, prison and courthouse until the early 1990s. The prison closed for good in 2010 and was converted into a cultural and commercial hub that opened to the public in 2019.",{"bus":241,"tram":242,"hours":243,"parking":244,"acces_sources":169},"Lines M, 6, 23, 25 — République stop, 90 m · wheelchair-accessible stop","T1 — République stop, 90 m · wheelchair-accessible stop","Tuesday to Sunday, 2–6 PM (closed Mondays). Guided tours on Saturday mornings by reservation.","Parking 90 m away (paid, 54 spaces, surface lot)","Contemporary art center at La Visitation, in the heart of Le Mans, showing temporary exhibitions by international artists.","FIAA (Fonds International d'Art Actuel) is a contemporary art exhibition center in the heart of Le Mans, on the La Visitation site, between the Peach restaurant and the Racines wine bar. The center presents about four exhibitions a year devoted to living artists who are part of today's art scene, in painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and ceramics. The current exhibition (2026) is devoted to Icelandic artist Erró, a figure of the Figuration Narrative movement.\n\nBeyond its temporary program, FIAA holds a permanent collection of nearly 400 works (from the Le Mans city collection, the Lefranc & Bourgeois company collection and the personal collection of Lucien Ruimy), a selection of which is shown roughly every two years. The center offers guided tours on Saturday mornings by reservation, visual arts workshops tied to current exhibitions, and an on-site shop. It is a cultural venue open to all audiences, in the heart of downtown.",{"id":248,"slug":249,"title":250,"description":12,"starts_at":251,"ends_at":214,"occurrences":12,"price_text":12,"is_free":14,"image_url":12,"image_credit":12,"external_url":252,"status":17,"type":12,"accroche":12,"tarif":12,"prix_min":12,"prix_max":12,"reservation":12,"etat":12,"forme":12,"horaires":12,"sans_heure":14,"performers":12,"traductions":253,"category":258,"venue":261},"c16c37c9-d753-4454-82f8-ba87694fc6af","exposition-dessins-francois-bedouet-peintures-marie-ange-piedagnel-atelier-de-la-place-2026-10-10","Dessins de François Bedouet et peintures de Marie-Ange Piedagnel","2026-10-10T08:00:00+00:00","https:\u002F\u002Fatelier-de-la-place.fr",{"en-US":254},{"_h":255,"title":256,"description_long":257},"fed521d992032f8f","Drawings by François Bedouet and paintings by Marie-Ange Piedagnel","L'Atelier de la Place is showing about twenty drawings by François Bedouet, focused on the old town of Le Mans and presented as part of “Entre Cours et Jardins,” along with paintings by Marie-Ange Piedagnel, who paints figures in urban settings inspired by the 1930s, 1950s and 1970s. The exhibition is open Saturdays and Sundays, 10 AM–1 PM and 2–6 PM, from October 10 to November 1.",{"icon":58,"name":59,"slug":60,"color":61,"traductions":259},{"en-US":260},{"_h":64,"name":65},{"lat":262,"lng":263,"city":156,"name":264,"slug":265,"address":266,"logo_url":12,"image_url":12,"traductions":267},48.006088,0.193249,"Atelier de la Place","atelier-de-la-place-le-mans","10 rue de la Galère",{"en-US":268},{"_h":269},"73dbe88946792219"]