Nantes Attractions
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The old Breton port of Nantes, chief town of the département of Loire-Atlantique, the see of a bishop and a university town, lies at the junction of the Erdre (flowing underground for the last part of its course) with the Loire, here divided into a number of arms and navigable, which 50km/30mi farther downstream flows into the Atlantic at St-Nazaire. The port of St-Nazaire, the first port in France to be entirely electronically controlled, has a turnover of 23 million tons.
Nantes was the birthplace of the writer Jules Verne (1828-1905).
Nantes, under the name of Condevincum, was the capital of a Gallic tribe, the Namnetae.
Nantes was the birthplace of the writer Jules Verne (1828-1905).
Nantes, under the name of Condevincum, was the capital of a Gallic tribe, the Namnetae.
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Old Town
The beautiful architecture of the Old Town of Nantes ranges from the 10th C castle to numerous 18th and 19th C buildings.
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St Pierre et St Paul
This cathedral was begun in the 15th C and contains impressive Renaissance art by Michel Colombe.
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Château Ducal, Nantes
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