Historic Nantes
View Of Nantes
Nantes was pretty lucky during World War II: unlike a lot of French cities, it wasn’t totally destroyed by bombings. The city still has a rich heritage, dating right back to the Gallo-Roman period.
The medieval area is the Bouffay, with the Castle of the Duchy of Brittany and the many old buildings surrounding it. The 18th Century was the golden era for the city (slave trade…), and a lot was built during this time, notably Place Royale and Place Graslin. Later in history, Nantes was also an industrial city in the era of the first naval shipyards: the LU Tower is a reminder of that time.
 Château Des Ducs De Bretagne |
 Château Des Ducs De Bretagne |
 Cathédrale De Nantes |
 Basilique Saint-Nicolas |
 From Inside The Castle |
 Passage Pommeraye |
 Inside The Castle |
 LU Tower (Former Cookies Factory) |
 Along The Erdre |
 Along The Loire |
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it looks like a beautiful and clean city, with much care in small details. i love the chateau des ducks, with the moat and the walkway/grass around it. it looks like the perfect place to have a picnic.
What, they got rid of the Cookies Factory?!? Did they replace it with an ice cream factory? I hope so!
@Bill Miller — Nantes is old, quite old. I will have to do researches but I know it goes as far back as the 15th century.
@Agnes — It’s a nice city to visit, that’s right!
@Bluefish — Well, it’s a different kind of pretty. But because I grew up there, I found Ottawa fascinating by comparison when I came to North America.
@RennyBA — Sorry, no Norway for us right now… we just came to visit my family in France! But I’d love to come to visit Europe more some day.
@bumanguesa — Merci beaucoup!
@renaye — France is easy for me because I have free accommodation
@Sidney — It is worth a stop!
@khengsiong — Not as popular as Paris, but it is a gateway for Brittany and even Normandy. And it’s only 2 hours by train from Paris.
@Gary — I need to ask the local tourism board to pay me!
@Tanya — Too bad it closed… I used to visit the factory every year when I was a kid, school would take us there.
@Seraphine — It’s pretty clean and nice to live in. Just a bit small to live all your life there in my opinion.
@Gail at Large — Not even! It’s a bar and a Spa now. I liked the cookies best…!
Looks like a beautiful place to live.