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Nantes appears in a number of songs, the best-known to non-French audiences being 2007's "Nantes" by the American band Beirut. French-language songs include "Nantes" by Barbara (1964) and "Nantes" by Renan Luce (2009).
445 CE - Nantes besieged by Huns. [2] 453 - Desiderius becomes Roman Catholic Bishop of Nantes . [3] 548 - Félix of Nantes becomes Catholic bishop. [3] 843-936 - The Normans held the town. [4] 992 - Nantes taken by forces of the Duke of Brittany. [2] 1118 - Fire. [2] 1207 - Château des ducs de Bretagne constructed, a large castle in Nantes. [4]
Founded under the Consulate by Napoléon Bonaparte, the Fine Arts Museum of Nantes receives work purchased by state and the central museum deposits ().It takes from the 19th century, where it was an important place in the French public collections through the purchase by the city of Nantes in the collection of the brothers Pierre and François Cacault.
The Château des ducs de Bretagne (French pronunciation: [ʃato de dyk də bʁətaɲ], "Castle of the Dukes of Brittany") is a large castle 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 1956.
Nantes Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul of Nantes (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes), is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral located in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Construction began in 1434, on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, and took 457 years to finish in 1891.
The ship that would be known as Queen Anne's Revenge was a 200-ton vessel believed to have been built in 1710. She was handed over to René Duguay-Trouin and employed in his service for some time before being converted into a slave ship, then operated by the leading slave trader René Montaudin of Nantes, until sold in 1713 in Peru or Chile.
This is a list of people born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Nantes, France. A. Anne of Brittany (1477–1514), ...
Football Club de Nantes, commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (French: ⓘ; Breton: Naoned; Gallo: Naunnt), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one large club.