A half-timbered house near the rear of the cathedral, built around 1500 and the finest example of Gothic domestic architecture in Angers. Its two facades — it stands on the corner of two major streets — are covered in carved figures, making it one of the most ornate burgher houses surviving in France. The wooden Adam and Eve give it its popular name.
La Maison d'Adam
Ornate 1500s half-timbered house with carved Adam and Eve
| Address | Place Sainte-Croix |
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A story
The house takes its name from the carved wooden figures of Adam and Eve flanking the 'Tree of Life' post — an unusual survival of medieval street-corner symbolism on what was, around 1500, one of Angers' most prominent dwelling-houses.