France · Restored
Château des ducs de Bretagne
The Château des ducs de Bretagne is the historic fortified residence of the Dukes of Brittany in Nantes, occupying a compact rectangular site on the right bank of the Loire. Built and remade between the 13th and 16th centuries, its ensemble combines a white ducal palace facing an inner courtyard with lower medieval curtain walls, round artillery towers and a surrounding ditch. Today it houses the Nantes History Museum after a late-20th-century restoration.
First raised
1207
Its prime
1500
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1500
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact stone fortress with a low curtain wall punctuated by large cylindrical bastion towers at the corners and flanking the gate; an inner, lighter-coloured ducal palace block with tall, steep slate roofs and a crenellated gabled façade facing a broad central sandy courtyard; moats/ditches around the outer bailey fed historically by the Loire; ramparts walk encircling the walls; urban streets and dense town fabric immediately adjacent to the castle.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1500.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Château des ducs de Bretagne — including 2 interiors: ducal chambers (interior), tower chamber (interior). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Château des ducs de Bretagne with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1500 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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