Église Sainte-Thérèse d'Angers, Gothic Revival church in Doutre district, Angers, France.
Église Sainte-Thérèse is a Gothic Revival church on Place Sainte-Thérèse in Angers, built from 1857 by architect Alfred Tessier. Its pale beige stone exterior has tall pointed-arch windows with dark tracery, short grouped windows below, buttresses between the upper windows, steep grey slate roofs and a slender spire with a cross. Inside, a basilical plan of seven nave bays leads to a single straight choir bay and a five-sided apse; pointed ribbed vaults rise in pale stone, columns are painted with blue, red and gold geometric and floral patterns, and stained glass fills the apse above the altar.
Built in 1857 to designs by architect Alfred Tessier, the church served the Catholic parish of Angers on Place Sainte-Thérèse. The entire building was inscribed as a monument historique in 2006, the designation covering the whole structure rather than selected parts.
The church is dedicated to Sainte-Thérèse, and a small framed portrait marked "Sainte" hangs on one of the left-hand columns. The columns are painted with blue, red and gold geometric and floral patterns, and painted panels with figures stand near the altar. Catholic worship continues here, and the building has been a monument historique inscrit since 2006.
The church stands on Place Sainte-Thérèse in Angers, on the right bank of the Maine in the Doutre quarter. It is an active parish church open for Catholic worship, so visits fit around mass times rather than fixed tourist hours. Enter from the square; the nave's seven bays and side aisles are visible from the doorway.
The church was listed as a monument historique in 2006, and the protection covers the entire building, not just parts of it. The interior keeps a framed portrait marked "Sainte" on one of the left-hand columns, a small devotional detail easy to walk past.
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