In my previous episode I walked you around the South end of Le Mans. Since it's one more nice day in a row I won't miss the chance to walk the center too. Wanna follow?
This commercial building is pretty interesting. Apart from the design look how it changes shades from one angle to another:
I told you about the humble houses of the South part of the city but as you can see the same story goes while walking towards the center:
The sign says it all but in case you didn't read it that's the Victor Hugo park:
As you can see this exhibition brings us images of Le Mans from the beginning of the previous century, before the 24h circuit which made this city so famous worldwide:
The building of Mercure Hotel is also a time machine:
Impressed by the lack of crowd? Me too. I want to say at this point how much I like that this city never feels too crowded (maybe unless the famous circuit is on). And it's easily explainable since the whole population of Le Mans is comparable to the population of the suburb I live in Athens. And the suburb I live used to be like Le Mans before all these shitty multi storey buildings rose that are nowhere to be found here.
On the same square is this building which, aptly titled as you can see, hosts the Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
Part of the absence of crowd is also due to the fact that I am an early bird hence some stores are still closed. This one hides a gem from the past:
This area of the center consists of narrow cobblestone backstreets where the buildings look like they came out of some cartoon:
How sweet!
And it's such a pity cause later with the help of some online translating I find out that it refers to Isaac Moire, a poet who lived there from 1814 to 1822 in this room. Where's the room? If you see right side of the sign you'll see its window while on the left is a tiny bit of its door. You can find more about him here.
And that's the overview this tower offers here:
This part of the city is the cutest by far and you can find it with the keyword Plantagenet - enjoy:
This piece of visual art is located here:
To give you an idea about its size, that's about 4 meters tall.
there's a road underneath, Rue Wilbur Wright:
Jackues Dubois square is over that road:
Which is nothing else than the Cathedral of Saint Julien. I take steps closer to it wondering how it's gonna look like at its full extend:
My walk around St. Julien's cathedral goes on where at its North end I find other interesting buildings too:
Unsurprisingly, it takes me to another impressive side of this cathedral which is also oriented more conveniently for me since the sun is behind me now:
Just imagine that - a quiet scenic neighbourhood with your own garage while being in the heart of the city. On the other hand I guess winter here can be miserable while the bells of the cathedral might spoil your sound recordings. We can't have it all I guess right? 🙂
This street leads me to more cuties while the sign on the left shows places that I've shown you already:
This is another part of the fortification of Le Mans which as you can see is massive while the place literally has huge balls as you can see:
This is Montesquieu Lyceum:
Looks nice from outside and if you do the extra mile of reading the reviews of this school you'll offer yourself some good laughs 😂
The garden at the opposite side of the road named "Quinconces" has some pretty and tall trees, pretty tall trees if you prefer:
Next to it is the bigger park Tesse:
I had no idea before visiting Le Mans that the city is celebrating the centennial of its super famous 24h circuit!
I think I'm done with Tesse park at this moment after all this walk around the city which took 3 parts to cover it so I'm stepping out heading back to my place walking on this lovely street:
The sun really highlights the beauty of these old buildings at Lionel Lecouteux roundabout:
Built by King Henry II back in the 12th century for a very good cause, to welcome children in need and pilgrims.
So that's it folks, I'm back tired, happy and full of those images in my head.
My Le Mans time is far from over so stay tuned and see you in my next explorations!
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