Construction of church 1857-1862 (≈ 1860)
Edited by Alfred Tessier in Gothic Revival style.
1er septembre 2006
Registration for Historic Monuments
Registration for Historic Monuments 1er septembre 2006 (≈ 2006)
Total protection of the building by order.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The entire church (Box AN 211): inscription by order of 1 September 2006
Key figures
Alfred Tessier - Architect
Church designer, reconstruction specialist.
Origin and history
The church of Sainte-Thérèse d'Angers, located in Place Sainte-Thérèse, is a religious building built in the 3rd quarter of the 19th century (1857-1862) by architect Alfred Tessier. In a neo-Gothic style, it adopts a basilical plane with a nave with seven spans, a choir with a right span and a five-sided apse. Its interior decor, floral and geometric, covers all volumes. The church was designed to respond to the demographic increase in the northern district of the Doutre, in Angers.
Since 1 September 2006, the Church of St. Theresa is still dedicated to Catholic worship as a parish church. His architect, Alfred Tessier, originally from Le Mans and based in Beaupreau, specialized in the reconstruction of churches. The parish, created in the 19th century, illustrates the urban and religious expansion of the city during this period.
The building, owned by the municipality of Angers, is distinguished by its neogothic stylistic unit and its painted decorative programme. The sacristies flank the apse, and the whole was preserved in its entirety, as evidenced by its inscription in the title of the Historical Monuments. Available sources (Wikipedia, Monumentum) confirm its central role in local religious and architectural heritage.
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