A corner of the gallery displaying the Apocalypse tapestry, which is more than 100 m long and 4.5 m high, at Angers Castle.
The tapestry was commissioned around 1375 by Duke Louis I of Anjou, son and brother of the King of France. After nine years of work, the Apocalypse Tapestry was presented to the public in its original size of 140 m x 6 m, consisting of several pieces. Today, only over 100 m x 4.5 m remain, making it the longest and oldest recorded medieval tapestry preserved in the world today.
A corner of the gallery displaying the Apocalypse tapestry, which is more than 100 m long and 4.5 m high, at Angers Castle.
The tapestry is made up of 67 large pieces that create a giant painting with an area of nearly 500 square meters, illustrating the last book of the New Testament called "Revelation", also known as "The Apocalypse of Saint John", describing the struggle between good and evil. The scenes depicting the Apocalypse on the tapestry are also stories reflecting the reality of the world in the 14th century, ravaged by war, disease and poverty.
Some of the images on the tapestry depict the battle between good and evil.
With its sophisticated weaving technique using wool, the tapestry is considered a masterpiece of Western medieval art, and is often displayed in large public ceremonies, as a prototype of a new medium, instructive and warning, and at the same time affirming the political ambitions of the prince, Duke Louis I of Anjou, son of King Jean le Bon and brother of King Charles V.
Some of the images on the tapestry depict the battle between good and evil.
The tapestry was bequeathed to the Saint-Maurice d'Angers Cathedral by King René in 1474, declared a French historical monument in 1902, and added to the French National Heritage List in 1905. Since 1952, under an agreement signed between the Bishop of Angers and the French State, the remaining pieces of the tapestry have been on permanent display at the Château de Angers and are under the care of the National Monuments Centre.
A corner of Angers Castle, where the giant tapestry called The End of the World is displayed.
Located on the Maine River in the heart of the city of the same name, Angers Castle is built like a majestic fortress surrounded by stone citadels and 17 soaring towers. Dating back to the 9th century, the castle was once the residence of the Dukes and Counts of Anjou. This place today attracts many tourists thanks in part to its rich museum artifacts and beautiful gardens, vines, courtyards and chapels. Every year, about 260,000 visitors come here to explore Angers Castle and admire the grand scale and exquisite beauty of the masterpiece tapestry called The Apocalypse.
A corner of the castle wall of Angers, where a giant tapestry called The End of the World is displayed.
According to the French Ministry of Culture, the inscription of the Doomsday Tapestry into the Memory of the World will help to consolidate the work's reputation and ensure global access to this outstanding heritage. This recognition also allows this tapestry to be placed alongside the Bayeux Embroidery, another great medieval embroidery preserved in France, which has also been inscribed into the Memory of the World since 2007. France currently has 13 heritages inscribed into the Memory of the World, including the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789-1791), the Appeal of June 18, 1940 du General de Gaulle, the films of the Lumière brothers and the Bayeux Embroidery...
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