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16 January 2008

Nantes Cathedral & Château des Ducs de Bretagne, Nantes, France

Nantes Cathedral & Château des Ducs de Bretagne, Nantes, France


Nantes Cathedral or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul (A), Nantes (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes; Breton: Iliz-Veur Sant-Pêr-ha-Sant-Paol Naoned), is a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Nantes, Brittany, France. The construction of the cathedral began in 1434, on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, and took 457 years to finish, finally reaching completion in 1891. Learn more...

The Château des Ducs de Bretagne (B) (English: Castle of the Dukes of Brittany) is a large fortified château located in the city of Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique département of France; it served as the centre of the historical province of Brittany until its separation in 1941. It is located on the right bank of the Loire, which formerly fed its ditches. It was the residence of the Dukes of Brittany between the 13th and 16th centuries, subsequently becoming the Breton residence of the French Monarchy. Learn more...

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