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New York sur Charente Mural, Angoulême

New York sur Charente Mural, Angoulême

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New York sur Charente Mural, Angoulême

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Location: New Aquitaine, France

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1. Îles de Fleurac – La Coulée Verte loop from Angoulême

48.9km

03:17

260m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Old station portico – The Touvre at Ruelle-sur-Touvre loop from Angoulême

46.3km

02:48

360m

370m

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3. Old station portico – Foulpougne Viaduct loop from Bouëx

52.9km

03:16

370m

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Stéphane Leblanc

December 29, 2021

With this fresco, Nicolas de Crécy delivered an element of Volume III of his Celestial Bibendum. This work 33 meters high and 9.20 meters wide is an evocation of the many Charentais who passed across the Atlantic, especially in Quebec.
For visitors and residents, the building has become a vessel and one expects at any time to hear the sirens of the cargo ships leaving the port, a reminder of the voyage of Verrazano who in the 16th century, docked the coasts of the Americas and baptized the first bay called “Nouvelle Angoulême”.

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Iron TUX

December 25, 2024

In 1982, the Ministry of Culture, under the leadership of Jack Lang, launched the "Walls in France" operation, which consisted of having 13 painted walls created in 13 cities in France by 13 different artists. In Angoulême, it was the Icelandic artist Erró who created a huge mural representing a multitude of comic book characters (Batman, Tarzan, Tintin, etc.). Abandoned for years, the mural was renovated in 2013. It is now considered the first painted wall in Angoulême.

It was during the 90s that the production of painted walls accelerated, driven by a municipal policy called the "painted walls program". The aim was to show that Angoulême is indeed the "international capital of the ninth art" (comics).

In 2021, we can admire 27 painted walls, as well as the whole that covers the building of the departmental archives of Charente.

In 2001, it was the designer Nicolas de Crécy who proposed "New York on Charente".

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New York sur Charente Mural, Angoulême

1. Îles de Fleurac – La Coulée Verte loop from Angoulême

2. Old station portico – The Touvre at Ruelle-sur-Touvre loop from Angoulême

3. Old station portico – Foulpougne Viaduct loop from Bouëx

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