Angers

Angers, lying on the banks of the river Mayen, from ancient times has been busy the proud Celtic tribes, stubbornly resistant to invasion of the Romans. In the IX century, after many years of invasions Norman, Nerra Fulk, Count Angevin, erected a fortified castle here. In the 1228-1238 biennium. St. Louis added to the castle are a set of walls. Subsequently, the ensemble was an even more expanded at the Louis I, Duke Angevin, and when Louis II, who commanded here to build a Gothic chapel.

One time, Angers was the seat of "good king" Rene Angevin, while the King of Sicily and Jerusalem, which went down in history as a benefactor of his citizens, and a brilliant writer, and he loved the holidays, tournaments, and often arranged in the castle knights stadium. An ancient manuscript, illustrated with miniatures, which author was the King Rene, shows us that splendor with which the tournaments were held in Angers Castle, where they were arranged in cages and also to menageries of exotic animals.

Which came before a long time for the religious wars as the reason for the decline castle, and in 1585 Heinrich III ordered him to destroy. However, pentagonal fortress with its cylindrical tower was so powerful that they succeeded to demolish only the roof ostroverhie towers. Since coming to power of Henry IV of the demolition of the building had been suspended to allow the lock to make the festival on the occasion of the betrothal of Caesar Vendôme with Françoise Lorraine.

Inside the castle you can see the famous tapestry in the plot Apocalypse ordered Louis I Angevin in 1373. This incomparable series woven paintings, original component in the length of 140 meters, was carried out by Nicolas Batayem of sketches Ennekena de Bryuzha.

Wallpapers illustrate the latest book of the Bible - "The Revelation of St. John the Divine." In 1400 tapestry kept in the Archdiocese of Arlya, and since 1474 - in the church of St. Mauritius in Angers. These tapestries, disappeared in 1782, were discovered in 1848 canon Zhuberom, who made their restoration. Each painting is an image of St. John, taking part in the events and explaining them. The original signature had to remove due to their poor preservation.

The subjects performed in the tapestries, remain mysterious and allegorical, sometimes difficult to read the meaning of texts "Revelation of St. John the Divine." At first the picture presented by the plot of St. John, who orders the Lord, begins to describe the "Vision of them for the benefit of The Seven Churches", depicted in the form of chapels.

Symbols that are present in this scene is repeated in all the tapestries, in particular on the following: the tapestry, where St. John saw the Messiah, surrounded by symbolic attributes and characters, depicting the essence of the Universe. After the scene to worship the Messiah image of St. John in tears caused by the revelation of divine mysteries, after submission of the Lamb. Horsemen Apocalypse appear on horses of different colors, accompanied by the souls who died serving the Lord God. Upon recognition of the elected mysteries occurring in the presence of God and the angels. In scenes of great earthquakes, fire star and eagle natural disaster yawn after the first four trumpet. When the fifth and sixth time vostrubili pipes, chaos of the universe multiplied.

The following panels St. John gives the interpretation of prophetic signs seven trumpets and thunderous strikes symbolically eat the book, taken from the hands of an angel. After John enjoyed the harmony of heaven, is a narration about the adventures of two witnesses, rescued by God, on the imminent coming of the Messiah and the great day of the trial.

Further illustrated chapter on Satan, presented in different guises: in the form of a dragon, threatening the world, attacking at birth, which protects the church of St. Michael, and fight against the believers, in the form of sea monsters, and finally, in the form of earthly monsters.

After the disturbing scenes of space disaster Angels from the New Testament heralds the destruction of Babylon, and for the punishment atheist. Saved taken righteous God, while the wicked befalls anger the Lord and the angels cut them like bunches of grapes. " For depicting the heavenly car, accompanied by the anger of the LORD, to the emergence of three monsters and Babylon - the mother of abomination of the earth ", which fails into the abyss along with the three monsters, and Satan.

Ends of a light trellis of Jerusalem, which knows perfection of St. John, before you fall down in front of Trinity.