Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Nantes, France

The Church of Saint-Clair de Nantes is located in Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique department in France. It is dedicated to Saint Clair of Nantes, the first bishop of the city in the third century.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Clair de Nantes (FR)

The Hôtel Blon-et-Amouroux is a private mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at 5 Place Général-Mellinet, in the Dervallières - Zola district of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1991.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Blon-et-Amouroux (FR)

The Hotel Maës is a private mansion built in 1827, located at 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)

The Hôtel Vauloup is a private mansion built between 1828 and 1856, located at 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)

The former Astronomical Observatory of the Navy of Nantes is a building located at No. 18 rue Flandres-Dunkerque-40 in Nantes, France. Built at the beginning of the nineteenth century, it is part of the buildings of the former school of hydrography, in operation from 1827 to 1887.

Wikipedia: Ancien observatoire astronomique de la Marine de Nantes (FR)

The Musée Dobrée is an archeology museum in Nantes, in the quartier Graslin in the immediate outskirts of the city centre and very close to the city's Natural History Museum. It was given to the city by Thomas Dobrée and now belongs to the Conseil général de la Loire-Atlantique. In January 2010, the Conseil général began a project to restructure and modernise the museum, which is planned for completion in 2023.

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The Synagogue of Nantes is a religious building located in the city center of Nantes, France, and inaugurated in 1870.

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The Protestant Temple of Nantes is a religious building located on Place Édouard-Normand in the Hauts-Pavés - Saint-Félix district of Nantes, and inaugurated in 1956. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France.

Wikipedia: Temple protestant de Nantes (FR)

The Church of Saint-Similien is a church in the Hauts-Pavés - Saint-Félix district of Nantes. It is dedicated to Saint Similien of Nantes, 3rd bishop of Nantes in the fourth century, who probably baptized Saint Donatien. Built on his tomb, it has been enlarged and rebuilt several times over the centuries. In its current neo-Gothic form, it dates from the late 19th century, but its façade, which is supposed to have two large twin bell towers, was never completed.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Similien (FR)

The Basilica of St. Nicolas in Nantes is a Catholic basilica constructed in the neo-Gothic architectural style, situated in the heart of Nantes. It is one of two basilicas in the city, the other being the Basilica of Saint Donatien and Saint Rogatien.

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The Sainte-Croix church is a church in Nantes built in the seventeenth century in the classical style and then modified in the nineteenth century. The building is located in the Bouffay district of which it has been the parish church since 1138.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Croix de Nantes (FR)

Emmanuel Halgan was a French Navy officer and admiral.

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

Wikipedia: Enceinte gallo-romaine de Nantes (FR)

The Monument to the 50-Hostages is a monument in Nantes built on the esplanade of the Cinq-communes-Compagnon-de-la-Libération to the east of the Place du Pont-Morand on the banks of the Erdre.

Wikipedia: Monument aux 50-Otages (FR)

The Hôtel de Préfecture de la Loire-Atlantique is a building located in Nantes, France. It is the seat of the prefecture of the Loire-Atlantique department.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de préfecture de la Loire-Atlantique (FR)

The Hotel Mellient is a private mansion built in the eighteenth century, located at 7 rue Tournefort, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Mellient (FR)

The Hotel Urvoy de Saint-Bedan is a private 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)

The monument to the dead of the 1914-1918 war is a war memorial built in Nantes in memory of the soldiers from the city who fell during the First World War. The work is by Camille Robida.

Wikipedia: Monument aux morts de la guerre de 1914-1918 (Nantes) (FR)

La Délivrance is a 1914 bronze statue by the French sculptor Émile Oscar Guillaume (1867–1942). The statue was created as a celebration of the First Battle of the Marne, when the German army was stopped before capturing Paris in August 1914.

Wikipedia: La Délivrance (EN)

The Square du Maquis-de-Saffré is a green space in Nantes, France

Wikipedia: Square du Maquis-de-Saffré (FR)

The building, built in the eighteenth century, is located at No. 3 rue Sully and on the Cours Saint-André in Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1954. The building in its entirety, formed by Nos. 2 and No. 3 of the Rue Sully, constitutes the House of the Chapter.

Wikipedia: Immeuble au 3, rue Sully de Nantes (FR)

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

Wikipedia: Colonne Louis-XVI (FR)

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.

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The Porte Saint-Pierre is the best-preserved remnant of the city walls of Nantes in France.

Wikipedia: Porte Saint-Pierre (Nantes) (FR)

The Chapelle de l’Oratoire is a former chapel of the Oratorians, dating from the 17th century, in Nantes, France. The chapel is located at Place de l'Oratoire, in the Malakoff-Saint-Donatien district, on the periphery of the city center, with Rue Henri-IV marking the boundary between these two districts. Incorporated into the Hôtel le Lasseur in 1775, the chapel was subsequently classified as a historic monument in 1952. The building is no longer used for religious purposes and has been incorporated into the city's Museum of Fine Arts.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de l'Oratoire, Nantes (EN)

The Hôtel de la Pilorgerie is a neo-classical style mansion built at the end of the eighteenth century, located in the rue Georges-Clemenceau, in Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1988. It is built symmetrically with a sister hotel, the Hotel Cazenove de Pradines.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de la Pilorgerie (FR)

The Fine Arts Museum of Nantes, along with 14 other provincial museums, was created, by consular decree on 14 Fructidor in year IX. Today the museum is one of the largest museums in the region.

Wikipedia: Fine Arts Museum of Nantes (EN), Website

The Church of St Clement is a Catholic place of worship in Nantes, France, built in the 19th century. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter holds services there according to the Tridentine rite.

Wikipedia: Church of St Clement, Nantes (EN)

The Jardin des plantes de Nantes is a municipal botanical garden located on Rue Stanislas Baudry, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France. It is open daily without charge, but a fee is charged for the greenhouses.

Wikipedia: Jardin des plantes de Nantes (EN), Website