Editing Le Mans (section)

==Main sights==
* Le Mans has a well-preserved old town (''Cité Plantagenêt'', also called ''Vieux Mans'') and the [[Cathédrale St-Julien]], dedicated to [[St Julian of Le Mans]], who is honoured as the city's first bishop.
* Remnants of a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] wall are visible in the old town and Roman baths are located by the river. These walls are highlighted every summer (July and August) evening in a light show that tells the history of the town.
* [[Arboretum de la Grand Prée]]
* [[Notre-Dame de la Couture]], medieval church
* [[Notre Dame de Sainte Croix, Le Mans|Notre Dame de Sainte Croix]], neogothic church
* Part of the former Cistercian abbey de l'Epau, founded by [[Berengaria of Navarre|Queen Berengaria]] and currently maintained in extensive grounds by the Département de la Sarthe.
* [[Jardin des Plantes du Mans]]
* Musée de la reine [[Berengaria of Navarre|Bérengère]], a museum of Le Mans history located in a gothic manor house.
* {{lang|fr|{{ill|Musée de Tessé|fr}}}}, the fine arts museum of the city, displaying painting (including artworks by [[Philippe de Champaigne]], [[Charles Le Brun]], [[François Boucher]], [[John Constable]], [[Ingres]], [[Théodore Géricault]] and [[Camille Corot]]) and archaeological collections as well as decorative arts.
* The [[Hôtel de Ville, Le Mans|Hôtel de Ville]] (City Hall)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmo_0007-473x_1898_num_63_1_11164_t1_0296_0000_1   |title= L'Hotel-de-Ville du Mans (1471-1898)|first=Robert |last=Triger|year= 1898 |publisher= Marsy Arthur de Bulletin Monumental |pages= 296–298}}</ref>