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Article: 48 HOURS IN nantes ; The birthplace of Jules Verne makes a great destination for adventurous weekenders seeking festivities, food and fun, says Nicola Barranger
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- June 20, 2009
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The city's heyday was during the 18th-century slave trade, when
it was the premier port in France for human traffic. This gave way
to shipbuilding in the 19th and much of the 20th centuries, but
since that industry sailed away billions of euro have been ploughed
into rejuvenation projects. For decades Nantes was known among
locals as une belle endormie ('a sleeping beauty'). But after a
massive regeneration programme, the birthplace of Jules Verne is
blooming.
The second bi-annual Estuaire 2009 Art Festival has just opened
and will run until August 16. Thirty art installations from around
the world line the banks of the Loire from Nantes to St-Nazaire;
estuaire.info/009. And 27 June sees ...