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About Nantes, France
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Nantes is a city in western France, near the Atlantic coast. Nantes is the capital of the Pays de la Loire région, as well as the capital of the Loire-Atlantique département. It is also the most important city of Brittany.
FACTS AND FIGURES
- Population: 245,000
- Originally founded as a town by the Celtic tribe named Namneti around 70 BC, it was conquered by Julius Caesar in 56 BC and named Portus Namnetus
- Major Atlantic seaport at mouth of Loire River
- Edict of Nantes (1598) granted civil and religious rights to Protestants
SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS
- Cathédrale de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul (Gothic cathedral has high nave and several tombs, including that of François II)
- Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne
- Passage Pommeraye, a narrow passage covered with a glass ceiling consisting of three levels of shopping galleries.
- Musee Jules Verne de Nantes, a museum housing artifacts and replicas of inventions designed by futuristic author Jules Verne.
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