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The Many Faces of Nantes

2/2/2020

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Sometimes you need to break your own rules.
  As much as I love discovering new cities, I felt the tug of an old French friend. 
My beloved Nantes, capital of the Loire Atlantique, was calling me back.  

Returning to Nantes felt like finishing a dream I had already started.
Where it all began... Link to blog 1: do-you-know-nantes.html
  And like so many do-overs, this homecoming brought
both surprise and a sense of satisfaction.
Much like rereading a favorite book, it reinforced my affection
for the city, heightening my appreciation to a whole new level.

What impressed me most about Nantes the second time around?
  I was held utterly spellbound by one very distinctive feature.
Time and time again, I came upon a multitude of faces -- unforgettable
faces -- that portray and animate the city in a most unique way.

Yes, Nantes shows it face -- literally -- on nearly every corner of the city.
Whether sculpted, painted or creatively assembled, Nantes bares its soul
through the eyes and expressive character of each face.
Usually human, sometimes animal or beast, rarely repetitive or predictable,
these faces made me see the city in whole new light.

  Nantes presents a wide range of sights.
Much as you'd expect in this part of France, it nails
historic spectacle with traditional Loire treasures -- a 15th century castle
​ featuring a magnificent moat and Renaissance courtyard,
a larger-than-life art museum and a soaring 15th century cathedral.
But it's the relaxed and downright laugh-out-loud adventures that I love most,​
enticing a visitor to extend his stay longer than planned.
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Each face tells a different story -- at times dignified and thoughtful --
and ​as often as not, the polar opposite, lighthearted and irreverent.
 The faces of Nantes -- I love them all.

"It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us."
Arthur Schopenhaeur, German Philosopher
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"I never forget a face, but in your case, I'll make an exception" Groucho Marx, American comedian
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From Henri the Navigator to a souped-up carrousel filled with strange and
 onerous creatures of the sea, the faces of Nantes will keep you entertained. 
​ It's a city that works to keep you on your toes, proud of its reputation 
for stoking imagination and creativity.
​
After all, this is the place where Jules Verne created
 audacious novels such as "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea".
Action, adventure, unlimited imagination -- that's the story of Nantes.

  No need to travel "Around the World in Eighty Days" to see the very soul of this city.

"Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real."
Jules Verne, "Around the World in Eighty Days
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Time out for fun -- where inside they tease "Beware of pickpockets and loose women"....great cocktails and youthful ambience.
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It's easy to launch yourself headlong into Nantes' creative personality.
  A good place to start is the old quarter, home to the city's centerpiece castle.
At Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne you'll come face to face with Anne of Brittany, whose face helped make her queen two times over*.
*she married two French kings --  Louis XII and Charles VIII
 Anne wanted nothing more than to keep Brittany
autonomous within the kingdom of France. 
Today her city no longer belongs to her beloved Brittany.
  During the mid-20th-century, the borders were redrawn and Nantes
 became part of the Loire-Atlantique within the Pays de la Loire region.

From the castle, immerse yourself into the cozy medieval-flavored Bouffay quarter. Half-timbered houses and narrow cobbled streets
have never buzzed with so much youthful enthusiasm.
​  Young people are enamored with this quarter,
drawn by rollicking bars and tempting creperies that line its old streets.
Contemporary art mixes with the traditional
as is so often the case in art impassioned France.
The square where the guillotine used to exert its punishment
is now one of the best places to drink a beer in the sun.
​
"On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.
Napoleon Bonaparte 
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Window dressing Nantes-style ---- What a face!!
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The face of an angel is extra special to Nantes in this iconic landmark.
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Faces pop up in Nantes when you least expect them.
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If you're a fan of horror stories or the occult, perhaps you've
always wanted to learn how to battle evil spirits.
You've come to the right place....

In order to combat malignant spirits, architectural ornaments
called mascarons were placed on many houses.
Admittedly not too effective, they contribute to a fun parade of homes tour.
These faces, especially the grotesques, are a cornerstone
  of fun, funky, unconventional Nantes.

Be on the lookout for these stone faces, often found on doors and windows. 
A good place to root around for a good look is on the Île Feydeau. 
Monumental mansions feature the look-at-me faces
alongside pretty ornamental wrought iron balconies.
Popular in the 18th century, they almost seem more suited
to today's exhibitionist instagram-ready century.
Give in and search for your own favorite ugly mug on rue Kervégan.


Allée de Turenne, lined with rich shipbuilders' houses,
is rich in architectural beauty and historical context.
​ Sea monsters and creepy seafarers bring it to life.
In truth, real monsters lived here - aka slave traders who put Nantes on the map.
​More about that later.

"People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seems wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down"

"People are Strange" lyrics by Jim Morrison of The Doors
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Ooh la la! Nantes commercial community is flush with signage showing its "face".
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Street Art is everywhere -- and it's the good stuff. Nantes is cool, edgy and urban.
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Don't miss the Bouffay quarter, filled with youthful faces and character-filled streets such as rue de Juiverie.
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Author Jules Verne is memorialized in several different places throughout Nantes.
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Want to see more?
  There are so many choices -- Theatre Graslin or the Jules Verne Museum?  Cathedrale de St-Pierre et St-Paul or the Jardin de Plantes?
  Marché Talensac or Passage Pommeraye? 
Plan your days wisely for you will never run out of opportunity.

  Or do as little as possible and just soak up the scenery
in the many squares of Nantes.
Make your way to Place Royale or Place Graslin where café sitting
counts as a cultural shot in the arm.
Indulge in the beautiful 18th & 19th century architecture -- palaces, fountains
and an art nouveau spectacle called La Cigale will leave you hankering
for a mountain of euros and a real estate agent.  

Better yet, stop by any one of Nantes 100 -- yes, I said 100 -- public parks.
  The Jardin des Plantes -- easy to find as it's just across from the
train station -- is a particular bright spot to begin.
Stop and smell the roses -- or any of the other 10,000 species
in the Jardin des Plantes*

*They take particular pride in their camellias, first introduced in the 19th century.

Nantes has introduced many efforts to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions.
Green space is taken seriously in this forward-thinking city.
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Stepping off his pedestal, this instagram-worthy bronze by Philippe Ramette personifies light-hearted Nantes.
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Chocolate art -- a face that looks almost too cute to eat -- notice I said almost....
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You'll be wearing a happy face if you dine at Nantes' most famous brasserie La Cigale.
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If you're into unforgettable faces, make a beeline
to Cathedrale de Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul.
Construction began in 1434 and didn't end until over 450 years later.* 
Built with beautiful white stone, the cathedral is an assembly of styles.
*that's even longer than it's taking to build the road by my home...

But for me, the highlight was inside those sacred walls where the tomb
of Francois II and Margarite de Foix stopped me cold.
Anne of Brittany forever memorialized her parents with the tomb, 
long considered a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture.
Surrounded by angels and their trusty greyhounds, the artist
also created an amazing sculpture with two faces -- an old man
representing wisdom of the past and a young woman looking toward the future.

The cathedral has suffered its own fair share of
stranger-than-fiction history over the years. 
It was damaged severely by WWII bombing and later
barely survived a massive fire in 1972.
  Thank goodness a massive restoration effort has brought it back to life.

A fun-to-know fact of history I recently learned; It was here that
finance minister Nicolas Fouquet was arrested by d'Artagnan**.
  Just in case you've never heard of him, Fouquet is the guy who embezzled
state funds to build the fabulous Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte.
He's the dummy who invited the jealous king to dinner and a hissy fit. 
In a bad case of chateau-envy, King Louis XIV jailed him for life and
began his own quest for best house on the block.

**yes, d'Artagnan is the guy made famous by Alexander Dumas --  one of the kings musketeers 

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Look carefully! He/She is no mistake -- gives new meaning to the term "two-faced".
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If there is just one place in Nantes you can't afford to miss,
it's Les Machines de l'Île -- Nantes' version of the Biggest Show on Earth.
No, it's not a circus or the theatre or a museum
or quite anything I can attach a name to.

Quite simply, it's a spectacle of innovation and daredevil design.
I've been talking about this mind-boggling landmark since the first
time I laid eyes on it and couldn't wait to return.

The Great Elephant will stop you cold.
Who in his right mind would expect to see a 40-foot tall mammal
with working parts strolling around town?
I was worried I'd miss him this time around because I had read he was
"sick" and in "rehab" -- but the gods were kind.
  Like all good patients, he was walking around the parking lot testing his legs.
How do they do it??
On a personal tour of Le Carrousel des Mondes Marins --
-- a 3-tiered interactive merry-go-round of sea animals, we enjoyed a "ride".
Calling it a merry-go-round seems inappropriate because this is definitely 
not kids' play -- though it's a sure bet you'll reconnect with your inner child as
 you manipulate
the mouths and tails of these stranger-than-fiction sea creatures. 
 
Coming eyeball-to-eyeball with these hypnotic faces -- a giant squid,
a bulging-eyed crab, and many other SpongeBob-like creations -- may help
you
cultivate your own Captain Nemo fantasy.  
Get your kicks drinking in their facial features -- bewitching eyes,
 noses and mouths; unlike those you see at the Academy Awards,
  none of them are made of plastic!
  Only natural materials such as wood and leather are used
 to bring these aquatic animals to life.

Please make sure you also go to The Gallery which is
  where this Jules Verne-inspired innovation comes to life. 
 These amazing innovators continue to build on their reputation and have fresh
 ideas to expand this mind-blowing research-comes-to-life park.
 Trust me, you'll be back.
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Artistic detail captures legends of the sea at the Marine World Carousel.
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Nantes makes it ridiculously easy to visit.
  Just follow the Green Line around town.  Literally.
  They have painted a green line to lead you from one great venue to the next.
  It's a traveler's dream.

The one site that is NOT easy to visit is the chilling
Mémorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage -- the Abolition Memorial -- an unsettling monument that details the history of the slave trade and the world struggle to end it.
It hurts to make this journey but in the end beautiful FREEDOM rings.
 
In the 18th century, Nantes was a major center of the slave trade in Europe.
Over half a million slaves passed through its port on 1800 individual expeditions.
  Nantes' riches grew as its shipping community made a killing from the evil practice.

This memorial, set inside a recreation of a ships' hold, retraces the history of the slave trade and takes particular care in revealing the slow progress of abolition.  You'll see and hear from famous leaders who spent
most of their lives fighting for freedom. 
Martin Luther King Jr, Maya Angelous, Bob Marley and Nelson Mandela
are a few of the freedom fighters who lead us to the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and the word FREEDOM in dozens of languages.
  It's an amazing walk through history. 

"Education is the most powerful tool which you can use to change the world."

Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid revolution who did his best to change the world
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It's easy to spot the violin repair shop -- signs, signs, everywhere a sign....
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Glad to see they get away from Springfield once in awhile....
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These faces seem to smile -- no wonder, they live in the Jardin des Plantes.
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For the love of a good book -- Perhaps this studious face is deep into a Jules Verne classic.
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"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction." Oscar Wilde, 19th century Irish poet & smartass
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Don't miss the elegant Passage Pommeraye -- a 19th century shopping arcade.
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Glass pavers with the names of slave ships line the pavement outside the Memorial de l'Abolition de l'Esclavage.
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The ugly face of slavery is captured at the Slave Memorial in Nantes.
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Nantes offers way too many opportunities for fun to detail in one sitting. 
If you have a taste for adventure, make this your next stop in France.
You can even board at train at the airport* in Paris for a direct ride.
*Roissy Charles DeGaulle
In a matter of a few hours, you'll be searching for your favorite face.

"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
lyrics by Ewan McColl, British singer/songwriter 


"The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the endless skies

The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth move in my hand
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command my love

And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And last till the end of time my love

The first time ever I saw your face
Your face, your face"


"​Buy the ticket. Take the ride."
Hunter S. Thompson, American writer 
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Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
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Do You Know Nantes?

8/20/2014

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The LU Biscuit Factory is now a hip arts center with galleries and bars
Whenever I plan a trip to Paris, I also organize a side-trip.

  Depending on the length of the visit, the pleasure trek can be a simple one-day excursion to some nearby town such as St-Germain-en-Laye or Giverny or it can be a
more substantial look into the heart of France.
  For these, it's especially fun and easy to go there pre-Paris,
straight from the airport via the RATP.

In years prior, we had visited many chateaux in the Loire Valley but had overlooked
the Western Loire completely.  That was easy to remedy, starting with a trip to Nantes,
the capital of the Western Loire, referred to as the Loire-Atlantique.  It's a mix of the Loire and Brittany (Nantes was once the capital of Brittany) and offers the best of both.

In just a little over two hours, we whooshed past villages and wide open fields on the TGV,
soon to be rewarded with a virtual paradise of initiative and discovery.

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Nantes deserves far more attention from travelers than it gets.
It's impressive in so many ways.

Famous for its historic past (the Edict of Nantes and the horrific French slave trade),
Nantes is banking on its future with Les Machines de l'ile, a fantasyland of
creative thought and enterprise, linking everyone's favorite master of imagination,
legendary local writer Jules Verne with the mechanical genius of Leonardo da Vinci.
  This inspired ingenuity comes together via some of the best visionary craftsmen in France.

The miracle of the machines percolates with its star, a 40-foot tall elephant that roams the city.  Onlookers squeal with delight while 40+ riders at a time get an
up-close peek at his mechanical skeleton.
You have to see it to believe it.

  There's something for everyone at this cultural entertainment park, even for nerds like me.  Visitors are allowed to observe the creative gallery of the workshop from a balcony up above and the process, though tedious, is heart-stoppingly magical.
  Oh to be an artist or an engineer, you'll want to go back to school as soon
as you see these creative geniuses at work.


Their sweat is not in vain.  Les Machines de l'ile also boasts the biggest carousel I've ever seen -- three different tiers of fun, a visual fantasy that has moxie, allowing riders to work the levers and pulleys in exchange for more laughs and learning.  And that's just for starters.
  Mark this stop with a giant red X.
Don't miss it!

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The city is prosperous, engaging and easy to navigate.
  Much like Paris, the neighborhoods are distinctly different and you'll want to take your time strolling the easy, mostly pedestrianized streets of the city center.

The contrasts are startling.
There's a castle for starters, of course, like any good city of the Loire.
The Castle of the Dukes of Brittany is huge with too many towers to count.  Anne of Brittany is the star here as is the polished museum interior that serves as a regional vault of history.


Then there's the medieval Bouffay quarter, its charming cobbled streets lined with
crèperies and bars.  A university town, Nantes boasts a huge student population that enjoys hanging out in both stylish and not-so-stylish sidewalk venues all along this quartier. 

Much more elegant, the Passage Pommeraye is a 19th century arcade full of posh boutiques.  Filled with grecian statues and elegant columns, you'll think you're in the City of Light instead of a small city built on the tears of the slave trade.  Place Graslin and Place Royale both compete for elegant splendor.  The island of Feydeau is worthy of a good look, too, as are the opportunities to cruise the river in search of magnificent 19th century mansions.

All of these neighborhoods are easily in walking distance of each other but if you
prefer public transportation, the city's trams can't be beat.
As the European Union's Green Capitol (2013), Nantes takes pride in providing excellent transportation services be it tram, cruise-boat or ferry.
  Time Magazine once called Nantes the most livable city in France.
  I can believe it.

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Jules Verne captured the imagination of the world
If you're not yet convinced that Nantes is a mecca for inspired exploration, read a
novel or two by native son Jules Verne.  "Around the World in Eighty Days" and
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" will get your mojo going.
Verne conjured up the most daring characters in fiction, virtually
inventing a new genre, now known as science fiction.
  Whether submarine or space travel inspires you, Nantes should get some of the credit
for his ambitious adventures.
There is a museum dedicated to his life and works.

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I can't "take" you to Nantes without a mention of food and drink.
  The distinct Muscadet-Sévre-et-Maine wine of the region is a pleasure, almost a relief, as it's easy to drink and a welcome new taste to lovers of white.  That, naturally, brings to mind a large platter of oysters, fresh from the sea, as delicious as any you'll ever taste.

The place to find these pleasures is a carnival for the eyes as well as your tummy.
  La Cigale is a head-turner and you'll marvel at its beauty and historically decorative
stage-presence even before you enjoy your first bite of dinner.
This must be where they came up with the expression "paint the town red" because
let me tell you, it's the perfect spot to do just that.
  The Belle Epoque styled brasserie has a stunner of a dining room, with tiled walls
and decorated ceilings, bustling servers and happy diners.

  I have wonderful memories of a particularly delicious steak tartare prepared tableside and a lovely bottle of champagne and .....yes, we painted the town red that evening....

It's the perfect place for a celebration.


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The Jardins des Plantes show off with both traditional and non-traditional floral displays
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Now, the bad news.
History has a way of raining on a nearly perfect parade but Nantes has even turned
its ugly past into a reason to be proud of the city.
  They have faced up to their dark history, a chronicle of shame that too many countries share.

The Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery stands on the same wharf where
slave ships, loaded with European commodities like fabric and liquor,
set sail for Africa to do business in the slave trade.
  The exchanged their wares for African victims turned slaves as well as sugar and coffee.

  There was a triangle between Africa, Nantes and the Caribbean and at the time (1685-1817), it was all legal.  Nantes became a rich town steeped with merchants and
wealthy traffickers who profited royally from the practice.


The new city of Nantes has faced up to its old crimes against humanity with the quiet memorial.  Promoting human rights, the moving tribute displays the Universal Declaration of Human Rights along with the word Freedom expressed in nearly 50 different languages.
  It's a moving portrait of a city that cares.

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The Chateau of the Dukes of Brittany is both noble and useful.
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Anne of Brittany presents a softer side just outside the castle
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Youthful energy surrounds you on nearly every corner of the city
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Like many French towns, Nantes celebrates life with numerous festivals throughout the year
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La Cigale means The Grasshopper and promotes her feminine vision at every turn
I hope you'll add Nantes to your growing list of French cities to visit.
  It's well worth the time and effort! 


From Nantes, it's easy to travel by train to nearby Angers and Chinon --
but that's a story for another day.

Cheers to Nantes & the Loire Atlantique!


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No worries, there are no bad meals at La Cigale, only amusing decoration.
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Masted ships line the port for special events in Nantes.
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Fresh bounty from the nearby sea awaits you at the Nantes market.
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Passage Pommeraye is fit for a queen
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