Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Nantes, France
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5 km
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 NantesSight 1: Ancien couvent de la Visitation
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.
Sight 2: Hôtel Ceineray
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.
Sight 3: Hôtel Mellient
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.
Sight 4: Hôtel Urvoy de Saint-Bedan
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.
Sight 5: Hôtel Cottin de Melleville
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.
Sight 6: Hôtel de Montaudoin
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.
Sight 7: Colonne Louis XVI
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.
Sight 8: Chapelle de l'Oratoire
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.
Sight 9: 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.
Sight 10: 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.
Sight 11: Hôtel Saint-Aignan
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.
Sight 12: Square Amiral Halgan
Emmanuel Halgan was a French Navy officer and admiral.
Sight 13: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours
The Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Chapel is a former Roman Catholic place of worship located in Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique department of France.
Sight 14: Basilique Saint-Nicolas
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.
Sight 15: Hôtel Allard
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.
Sight 16: Hôtel Vauloup
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.
Sight 17: Hôtel Maës
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.
Sight 18: Hôtel Blon-et-Amouroux
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.
Sight 19: Hôtel Philippe
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.
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