Day 11-- Poitiers; Angers

Saint Pierre Cathedral; Le Babtist Saint John; Saint Radegund; Notre Dame le Grand

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Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers

The seat of the Archbishop of Poitiers. Its construction began in 1162 by Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine on the ruins of a Roman basilica, and work was well advanced by the end of the 12th century.

It is the largest medieval monument in the city of Poitiers.

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