Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Nantes, France

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 72 m
Descend 78 m

Explore Nantes in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in NantesIndividual Sights in Nantes

Sight 1: Ancien couvent de la Visitation

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The Visitation Convent is a former Visitandines convent located in Nantes, in France. Confiscated under the French Revolution, he became a hospital, a garrison circle then residence for the elderly. He was registered in the additional inventory of historic monuments in 1925.

Wikipedia: Couvent de la Visitation (Nantes) (FR)

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Hôtel Ceineray

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The Hotel Ceineray, built in the eighteenth century, is located at No. 1 rue Sully in Nantes, France, on the edge of the Malakoff - Saint-Donatien district. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Ceineray (FR)

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Hôtel Mellient

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The Hotel Mellient is a mansion built in the eighteenth century, located at No. 7 rue Tournefort, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Mellient (FR)

61 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Hôtel Urvoy de Saint-Bedan

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The Hôtel Urvoy de Saint-Bedan is a mansion built in 1840, located at the corner of rue Tournefort and rue d'Argentré, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Urvoy de Saint-Bedan (FR)

131 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Hôtel Cottin de Melleville

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The Hôtel Cottin de Melleville is a mansion built in the eighteenth century, located at No. 1 rue Tournefort in Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Cottin de Melleville (FR)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Hôtel de Montaudoin

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The Hotel Montaudouin, is a neo-classical style mansion built at the end of the eighteenth century, located on the Place Maréchal-Foch, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1951 and 1954.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Montaudouin (FR)

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Colonne Louis XVI

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The Louis-XVI Column is a monument of the city of Nantes in France, installed in the center of the Place Maréchal-Foch. It is a column twenty-eight meters high, placed on a pedestal, surmounted by a statue of the King of France Louis XVI.

Wikipedia: Colonne Louis-XVI (FR)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Chapelle de l'Oratoire

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The Oratory Chapel is an ancient chapel of the Oratorians of the 17th century located in Nantes, France. It is located in Place de l'Oratoire, in the Malakoff - Saint-Donatien district. Incorporated into the Hotel Lelasseur in 1775, this chapel was classified as historical monuments in 1952. Not being devoted to the celebration of worship, it has become an annex to the Museum of Arts of the city.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de l'Oratoire (Nantes) (FR)

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul

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Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul

Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes, is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral located in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Construction began in 1434, on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, and took 457 years to finish in 1891. It has been listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Wikipedia: Nantes Cathedral (EN)

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Enceinte gallo-romaine

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Enceinte gallo-romaine

The Gallo-Roman wall of Nantes is a wall surrounding the city of Portus Namnetum, from the time of Roman Gaul to the High Middle Ages, and of which only remains remain.

Wikipedia: Enceinte gallo-romaine de Nantes (FR)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Hôtel Saint-Aignan

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The Hotel Saint-Aignan is a flamboyant Gothic style mansion built at the end of the fifteenth century, located rue Saint-Jean, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1926.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Saint-Aignan (FR)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Square Amiral Halgan

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Square Amiral Halgan

Emmanuel Halgan was a French Navy officer and admiral.

Wikipedia: Emmanuel Halgan (EN)

519 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours

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The Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Chapel is a former Roman Catholic place of worship located in Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique department of France.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours (Nantes) (FR)

548 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 14: Basilique Saint-Nicolas

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The Basilica of Saint-Nicolas de Nantes is a neo-Gothic Catholic basilica located in the city center of Nantes. It is one of the two basilicas in the city, along with the Basilica of St. Donatian and St. Rogatian.

Wikipedia: Basilique Saint-Nicolas de Nantes (FR)

1638 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 15: Hôtel Allard

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The Hôtel Allard is a private mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at No. 1 Place Général-Mellinet between Rue de Belleville and Boulevard de Launay, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1991 and 2008.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Allard (FR)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Hôtel Vauloup

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The Hôtel Vauloup is a private mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at No. 3 Place Général-Mellinet, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1988.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Vauloup (FR)

26 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 17: Hôtel Maës

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The Hôtel Maës is a mansion built in 1827, located at No. 4 Place Général-Mellinet between Boulevard Allard and Rue Richer, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 2011.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Maës (FR)

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 18: Hôtel Blon-et-Amouroux

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The Blon-et-Amouroux hotel is a mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at No. 5 in Place Général-Mellinet, in the Dervallières-Zola de Nantes, in France. The building was registered as historic monuments in 1991.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Blon-et-Amouroux (FR)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Hôtel Philippe

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The Hôtel Philippe is a private mansion built in 1828, located at No. 7 Place Général-Mellinet between Rue Rollin and Boulevard Saint-Aignan, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 2011.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Philippe (FR)

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