ANGOULÊME
 Angoulême,
Charente prefecture has 43 171 inhabitants and 108 000 for
the entire district.
The city of Angoulême is built on a rocky promontory
overlooking the valley of 80m of the River Charente where
describes a large meander.
Occupied from the protohistoric period, the city was surrounded
by walls at the end of the Lower Roman Empire.
Capital County of TAILLEFER of VALOIS LUSIGNAN then, instead
of endless conflict during the wars of religion, an important
river port until the nineteenth century when the arrival
of the railroad slows the river traffic. The city joined
in 1987 the network of "Country and City of Art and
History".
Magelis. It is in the chateau de Dampierre, on the banks
of the Charente, between the districts of Saint Houmeau
and Cybard that Magelis seat ... Magelis is an international
center for the creation of images, still or moving.
Magelis meets BD, 2D/3D animations, multimedia, graphics,
video game, storage of images, research ...
Angoulême
Murs Peints
The City of Angoulême, the capital of the International
Comics and Image, had to print an "image" BD to
the city, without falling into a kind of 'comic
Land".
Led by Philippe MOTTET, Mayor of Angouleme, the City Council
in 1998 decided to adopt a three-year program of painted
walls (1999-2000-2001). Given the success among both angoumoisins
as tourists, the City agreed in 2002 to repeat the experiment
for three years.
This operation would have happened without public and private
partnerships. The public partner is the General Council
of Charente.
Begun by the city and the city entrances, walls painted
then spread on neighborhoods. They are the subject of a
tourist route launched by the Communication Department in
collaboration with Via Patrimoine.
These walls are made by "Cité de la Création"
association "muralists" Lyons who work in the
world. However, Angoulême is the only city where artists
develop a comprehensive policy for several years.
In addition to this wall painted plates more miles of streets
have been recreated in the form of "bubble" since
1997.
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