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"Nantes (Breton: Naoned, Gallo: Naunnt) is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, while its metropolitan area is the eighth with 804,833 inhabitants at a 2008 estimate.
Nantes is the capital of the Pays de la Loire region, as well as the Loire-Atlantique département. It is also the most important city of the historic province of Brittany, and culturally still remains strongly identified with it.
In 2004, the magazine Time described Nantes as "the most livable city in all of Europe".
Mosquée des Turcs
Château des ducs de Bretagne (Castle of the Dukes of Brittany).
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
Église Notre-Dame de Bon-Port (Basilica of Saint-Louis).
Église Saint-Nicolas (Basilica of Saint Nicolas, 1844).
Église Sainte-Croix (Church of the Holy Cross).
Nantes has two mosques:
Mosquée Arrahma
Mosquée des Turcs (photo)
A third (Mosquée Assalam) is under construction.
Museums
Musée d'histoire de Nantes (Nantes History Museum); located inside the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes (Fine Arts Museum of Nantes).
Muséum d'histoire naturelle (Natural History museum).
Musée Thomas Dobrée (Thomas Dobrée archaeological museum).
Musée Jules Verne (Jules Verne museum).
Musée naval Maillé-Brézé (naval museum).
The Pays de la Loire regional contemporary art collection.
The Planetarium.
Historical places
The Isle of Nantes; a former shipyard turned into a leisure and cultural site, including the Machines of the Isle of Nantes permanent exhibition.
Passage Pommeraye; 19th century galleria with shopping.
Brasserie La Cigale; described by Jean-Louis Trintignant as "perhaps the most beautiful brasserie in the world."
Place du Commerce; the city's main square.
Place Royale; a historic square located in the heart of the city, recently renewed.
Place Graslin; a historic place featuring the Theatre of Nantes and famous brasserie La Cigale.
Crebillon street and Orleans street lined with luxury boutiques linked by the Place Royale.
The new Palais de Justice (court house); built in 2000 and designed by Jean Nouvel.
La Tour LU (the LU Tower); a tower standing the entrance of the former Lefèvre-Utile biscuit factory.
Beaujoire Stadium; Nantes' largest sports stadium, home of FC Nantes Atlantique football club.
Le Marché de Talensac (Talensac Market); the main and historical public market.
Gardens and parks
Jardin des plantes de Nantes
Leisure
Nantes has several cinemas including:
Gaumont Nantes; centrally located at Place du Commerce in the heart of the city.
Concorde; a historic cinema in central Nantes.
Pathé Atlantis; Nantes' biggest cinema, also located in the borough of Saint-Herblain, in the Atlantis commercial zone.
Concert halls
Nantes Zénith (concert hall); France's largest and newest, which can hold 8,500 people.
Théâtre Graslin (Graslin Theatre); Nantes' opera house & historic theatre.
Lieu Unique; located in the former LU biscuit factory.
Olympic; built in an old cinema in 1927.
Carrière; located in the borough of Saint-Herblain.
Trocardière; located in the borough of Rezé.
Onyx; located in the Atlantis commercial zone, designed by Jean Nouvel.
Pannonica.
Cité des congrès.
Terrain Neutre Théatre.
Bouche D'Air.
Theatre universitaire (University Theatre).
Nantes hosts quite a few cultural events of note, of which these are just a few:
Estuaire, a contemporary art exhibition that takes place every two years between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire (along the Loire estuary).
Les Rendez-vous de l'Erdre, a jazz festival centered around the Erdre river.
Les rencontres du fleuve, a festival centered around ships and the river.
Le Festival Eidos du film d'environnement et de développement durable, a cinema festival themed around the environment and sustainability.
The Festival des trois continents, dedicated to African, Asian and South American cinema.
La Folle Journée, a classical music festival,
Les Utopiales, international science fiction convention,
The Festival Voisinages, various theatre performances (Théâtre du Grand T, Théâtre universitaire de Nantes, salle Onyx de Saint-Herblain).
Sport
The local football team is FC Nantes. During the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, Nantes hosted a number of matches including England against Samoa and Wales against Fiji.
Music
There are quite a few bands from Nantes who play different genres but are not well known outside of France.
The Celtic band Tri Yann was originally known as Tri Yann an Naoned (the three Johns from Nantes).
The DJ group C2C, champion of the Disco Mix Club World Team DJ Championship four years in a row (2003–2006)[24] is native of Nantes.
The American band Beirut, following with their European influences, have a song on their second album The Flying Club Cup titled 'Nantes'.
To see a list of Bands from Nantes, see fr:Rock à Nantes (French)."