Château des ducs de Bretagne
4, Place Marc Elder, 44000 Nantes
- Loire-Atlantique
- Pays de la Loire
Built between 1465 and 1500 by Francis II and then by his daughter Duchess Anne, the castle replaces a fortress of the thirteenth century whose only survives a polygonal tower called Old Keep. Flanked by stocky and oversized towers, covered in terrace and equipped with low machicolations, the enclosure is characteristic of the transformations imposed on traditional medieval architecture by the use of heavy artillery. In the courtyard, the Grand Logis and the Tower of the Golden Crown have, since 1500, a transition ornamentation between the flamboyant Gothic and the Renaissance, while the other buildings (Small and Grand Government, Harnachement) testify to the continuous use of the castle between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. They house a large museum of history of Nantes and the Nantes country. The impressive restoration of the castle marks the visitor who enters the courtyard. Once pushed through the doors of the Grand Logis, it is equally appreciated inside the 32 rooms wh
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Édifice militaire, enceinte urbaine, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Musée de France, Monument historique
Access
By road: A11 de Paris - A83 de Bordeaux/ Tramway line 1 - Stop: Duchesse Anne/ Busway: line 4/ Arrival by bus: rue Henri IV, façade Est du château) or place Foch - Parking reserved for buses.
