The Mayenne is a department that attracts our attention for its extraordinary historical heritage. The musée de l'Auditoire in Sainte-Suzanne, a fortified town, will take your breath away. Don't wait any longer to go to Cossé-le-Vivien to discover the Robert-Tatin museum. The castle of Lassay, the Carmelite monastery of Laval, the sanctuary of Pontmain are places of pilgrimage for the amateurs of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Finally, the most visited attraction of this destination is a zoo cleverly named the Refuge de l'Arche. It has the specificity of being specialized in the reception of injured animals of all kinds. Brigitte Bardot is one of its patrons, as is Michel Drucker. Mayenne shares with Lower Normandy the title of "land of French trotters", with breeding and training stables dotting the territory. The Mayenne is an essential crossroads in the world of horses. In this very small department, there are eleven racecourses, three of which are first category (Laval, Craon and Meslay-du-Maine), and 1,170 breeders, i.e. more than 10,000 horses of all breeds.