Maison d'Adam

Angers, France

Maison d'Adam, Adam's House, is the oldest house of Angers. The half-timbered building was built around the year 1500. The façade is beautifully decorated with wooden sculptures. Today the house is a home of artisans of Angers.

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Place Sainte-Croix 1-3, Angers, France
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Founded: ca. 1500
Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in France

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User Reviews

Akshay Mannur (48 days ago)
Good collection
James Reilly (2 months ago)
Fantastic place with very good restaurant
Ben Joosse (8 months ago)
Very nice spot in Angers with lots of art, souvenirs and stuff. Very helpful!
Escobaria Gracilis (2 years ago)
Very beautiful and well preserved Medieval house.
Kate Leahy (2 years ago)
One of the nicest shops I have been in. The staff were extremely helpful and offered to ship goods back to Ireland for us. Biggest problems was we wanted to buy everything in the place. Would love to revisit but they have an online shop so will revisit that.
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