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Angers Castle, tapestry of the Apocalypse

In Angers there is a midle-aged castle with jardin à la française. In the castle, there is the biggest and best preserved medieval tapestry in the world. The tapestry of the Apocalypse was commanded by duc Louis the 1st of Anjou. It is made of 6 pieces of 24 scenes each. At first, the tapestry length was about 140 meters long but some pieces were destroyed and only 100 meters remain.

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