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and restaurants that opened VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
here soon attracted Nantes’
wealthy inhabitants. The film- Practical Information
maker Jacques Demy, who was Road map: F4. * 550,000
born in Nantes, chose the (490,000 in greater Nantes).
arcade as the location for two n 9 rue des Etats; 0892 464 044.
of his films, Lola and Une ( Place du Bouffay, Wed–Sun;
Chambre en Ville. An elegant Talensac, Tue–Sun am. _ La
wooden staircase, decorated Folle Journée (classical music, late
with lamps and statues, gives Jan), carnival (Feb), Festival des
Trois Continents (film, Nov–Dec).
access to the arcade’s three Painting of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany, ∑ nantes-tourisme.com
galleries, on different levels. Musée Thomas Dobrée
Between those on the upper Transport
floor is a Neo-Classical porch and religious art. From 1862 £ @ k Nantes-Atlantique.
decorated with medallions. until his death, Dobrée devoted
himself to creating a suitable
E Musée Thomas Dobrée building in which to house the Engravings by Dürer, Schongauer,
18 Rue Voltaire. Tel (02) 40 71 03 50. 10,000 pieces that his collection Rembrandt, Ruysdael and
Open for temporary exhibitions only; by then comprised. For this he Jacques Callot are among the
the main museum is closed for
renovation until further notice. & commissioned the architect museum’s masterpieces.
Viollet-le-Duc, who built the Two other buildings stand in
At the age of 28, Thomas Neo-Gothic chateau that is now the palace precinct. One is the
Dobrée (1810–95), heir to a the Musée Thomas Dobrée. Musée Archéologique, which is
family business going back 300 Among the finest pieces on devoted to prehistory, ancient
years, turned down a career as display here are a gold reliquary Egyptian and Greek artifacts and
a shipowner to con centrate with a crown con taining the local Gaulish and Gallo-Roman
on collecting art. In time, his heart of Anne of Brittany history. The other is the Manoir
collection came to encompass (1514), enamels, such as the de la Touche, which documents
painting, sculpture and 12th-century Reliquary of the local history during the
drawings, tapestries, furniture True Cross, and the 13th-century Revolution, especially the
and porcelain, arms and armour, Reliquary of St Calminius. Vendée Wars.
Nantes City Centre
1 Place du Bouffay
2 Quartier Graslin
3 Île Feydeau
4 Passage Pommeraye
5 Musée Thomas Dobrée
6 Château des Ducs de Bretagne VANNES RUE GAMBETTA Jardin
RENNES
7 Cathédrale St-Pierre-et-St-Paul DU PONT R U E SULLY Beaux Arts des Plantes
Musée des
PLACE
8 Musée des Beaux-Arts MORAND RUE DU ROI ALBERT PLACE RUE G. CLEMENCEAU RUE STANISLAS BAU
R U E F. CA ILL A U D
9 Usine LU MARECHAL ANGERS
FOCH
0 Musée Jules-Verne Cathédrale
St-Pierre-et-St-Paul
Gare
q Jardin des Plantes Gare Routière COURS DES 50 OTAGES R UE D E S TRA S B O ST-PIERRE RUE DE RICHEBOURG DRY SNCF
PLACE
PLACE COURS JOHN F. KENNEDY
BRETAGNE RUE HENRI IV
PLACE Château
A. BRIAND R U E S T- L É O N AR D RUE DE des Ducs
PLACE COURS J. F. KENNEDY
RUE DE BUDAPEST PLACE DE VERDUN U RG de Bretagne Usine LU
L’ECLUSE
RUE DU MOULIN
RUE DE CALVAIRE St-Nicholas RUE DE LA MARINE RUE DE LA NEPTUNE Square
JUIVERIE
RUE D’
RUE DU CHAPEAU ROYALE ORLÉANS Ste-Croix PLACE DU Mercoeur
Elisa
PLACE
ROUGE
BOUFFAY
COURS FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
RUE SCRIBE
Théâtre RUE CREBILLON PLACE DU Île Feydeau
Quartier COMMERCE
PASSAGE
Graslin GRASLIN POMMERAYE Gare Routière
PLACE
RUE VOLTAIRE RUE J.J. ROUSSEAU RUE KERVEGAN Aéroport
Musée RUE M. DE Q U A I T UREN NE 8 km (5 miles)
LATTRE
Thomas Dobrée
RUE M. SIBILLE 0 metres 400
QU A I D E L A FOSS E
RUE DE LA VERRERIE
L o i r e 0 yards 400
Musée
Jules-Verne
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