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Le Zénith Nantes Métropole, an indoor arena in Saint-Herblain, has a capacity of 9,000 and is France's largest concert venue outside Paris. [207] Since its opening in 2006, Placebo, Supertramp, Snoop Dogg and Bob Dylan have performed on its stage. Nantes's largest venue is La Cité, Nantes Events Center, a 2,000-seat auditorium. [208]
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]
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.
Pays de la Loire (French pronunciation: [pe.i d(ə) la lwaʁ]; lit. ' Lands of the Loire ') is one of the eighteen regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital and most populated city, Nantes, one of a handful of French "balancing metropolises" (métropoles d'équilibre).
The Castle, Nantes and Brittany back to the 17th century, Nantes, daughter of the river and the ocean, Commerce and the black gold in the 18th century, Nantes in Revolution, A colonial and industrial port (1815–1940), A new city takes shape (1940–1990), A great Atlantic city, today and tomorrow.
The Voyage à Nantes is a tourist organisation which promotes the culture of Nantes in Pays de la Loire, France. It was created in 2011 as a société publique locale (local public company). The name also refers to a number of permanent public artworks in the area, as well as a yearly summer festival.
Social Security serves as a lifeline for tens of millions of seniors. Today, that number is growing. As of December 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reported that about 65.5 million...
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.