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Le
Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the
capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe
department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.
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Its inhabitants are called
Manceaux and Mancelles. It has been host to the famous 24 Hours of Le
Mans sports car race since 1923.
Main
sights
- Le Mans has a
well-preserved old town (Cité Plantagenêt, also called Vieux
Mans), where the cobbled streets and half-timbered house fronts
provided setting for Gérard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac (1989)
and a cathedral: Cathédrale St-Julien, is dedicated to St Julian
of Le Mans, who is honoured as the city's first bishop.
- There are remnants of a
Roman wall in the old town and Roman baths by the river. These
wall are highlighted every summer (July and August) evening in a
light show that tells the history of the town.
- Arboretum de la Grand
Prée
- Jardin des Plantes du
Mans
- Musée
de la reine Bérengère, a museum of Le Mans history
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