One of the earliest examples of Angevin (Plantagenet) architecture in France, Gothic Cathédrale St-Maurice is distinguished by a striking Norman (mid-1100s) portal decorated with rare polychrome figures, a nave from the same period, 13th- to 15th-century stained glass, a humongous organ and a supremely baroque baldachin (1758) over the high altar. From the square in front, a monumental staircase, Montée St-Maurice , leads down to a new riverside esplanade.
Right behind the cathedral stands the half-timbered Maison d'Adam , one of the city’s best-preserved medieval houses (c 1500), which is decorated with a riot of carved, bawdy wooden sculptures. The Tree of Life, on the corner, was once flanked by Adam and Eve; another loved-up couple can be seen nearby.
