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of the middle tower caught fire. Master Jehan of L'Espine was in charge of the reconstruction of the bell tower. He built the gallery housing the statues of
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The development of a new river port in Angers under the municipality of mayor René Ayrault who will leave his name to this realization: the port
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and his knights companions between the bases of the towers on the western façade. The statues were sculpted by Jean
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