A city of art and history, Angoulême is known for its International Festival of comics. Ever since 1974 and every year, the city totally devotes itself to the 9th art. The imaginary museums of comics are real. There are 6 different museums: a Fine-Arts Museum, a History Museum, a Natural History Museum, a Society Museum, a Technical and Sciences Museum and a Contemporary Art Gallery. There you should find your favourite comics character and satisfy your passion for this universal art.

The city of Angoulême also proposes his painted walls tour, so do not hesitate to go for a walk through the city to see the pictures of comics that punctuate the streets.

Go and discover also the paper Museum too, in the old Joseph-Barbou paper manufactory “Le Nil”. It is a bridge building on the river Charente, water was the power source for the manufacturing of paper.

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