Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Nantes, France

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 7.7 km
Ascend 123 m
Descend 124 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: Chapelle Saint-Étienne

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Chapelle Saint-Étienne Rehtse / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Saint-Étienne Chapel is a religious building located in the Malakoff - Saint-Donatien district of the city of Nantes in France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 1984.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Saint-Étienne de Nantes (FR)

1391 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Statue de la Délivrance

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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)

71 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Square du Maquis-de-Saffré

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

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

163 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Tables mémoriales de 1914-1918

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

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

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: 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 6: 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 7: 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)

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Hôtel d'Aux

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The Hôtel d'Aux, which later became the hotel of the 11th Army Corps, is a neo-classical mansion built at the end of the eighteenth century, located at the corner of Place Maréchal-Foch and Rue Tournefort, in the city center of Nantes, France. The building was listed as a historical monument in 2012.

Wikipedia: Hôtel d'Aux (FR)

19 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

266 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)

321 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Hôtel du Département

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The Loire-Atlantique prefecture hotel is a building located in Nantes, France. It is the headquarters of the prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique.

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

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Monument aux Cinquante Otages et à la Résistance

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The monument to the 50 Hostages is a monument in Nantes erected 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)

639 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 14: Ancienne salle de spectacle de Bel-Air

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Ancienne salle de spectacle de Bel-Air

The Bel-Air performance hall is a former performance hall located in the town of Nantes, in the French department of Loire-Atlantique. It has been listed as a historic monument since May 10, 2017.

Wikipedia: Salle de spectacle de Bel-Air (FR)

549 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: Hôtel Leglas-Maurice

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The Hotel Leglas-Maurice, built in the nineteenth century, is located at 134 rue Paul-Bellamy in Nantes, France, in the Hauts-Pavés - Saint-Félix district. The building was listed as a historical monument by the decree of 10 July 2015.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Leglas-Maurice (FR)

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Église Saint-Pasquier

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The Church of Saint-Pasquier de Nantes is located in Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique department in France. It is dedicated to Saint Pasquier, bishop of the city in the 7th century.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Pasquier de Nantes (FR)

637 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: Parc des Capucins

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The Parc des Capucins is a landscaped garden in the city of Nantes

Wikipedia: Parc des Capucins de Nantes (FR)

874 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 18: Temple protestant

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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)

897 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 19: Église Notre-Dame de Toutes Joies

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The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Joies is a church built in two periods, located in the centre of Nantes.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Joies de Nantes (FR)

906 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 20: Parc de Procé

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Parc de Procé is a large green space in Nantes, France.

Wikipedia: Parc de Procé (FR)

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