Facade sculptures, Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

Statues of St Maurice and 7 of his companions from the Theban Legion, 1537, by Jean Giffard and Antoine Desmarais, replaced by copies in 1909, on the west facade beneath the central clock tower, at the Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, a Roman catholic church consecrated in 1096 and built 11th - 16th centuries, in Romanesque, Gothic and Angevin Gothic styles, in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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