This article shows some photographs taken during a short trip to the West of France we did a few weeks ago. We travelled with our car around 1300 kilometres, from Madrid to Caën, with a stop of two nights in the city of Nantes. We had, therefore, the opportunity to visit several places in the French Britanny and the Lower Normandy. From our "gîte" at St Martin de Besaces, forty kilometres from Caën, we visited beautiful and interesting places such as Fougères, Vitré, Caën, Bayeux, St Malo,
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Castle of Nantes The city of Nantes was our first stop. Nantes was for a long time the city of...
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Castle of Nantes Nantes belongs today to the Loire Atlantique department, but was formerly the...
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Castle of Nantes The castle of Nantes was the place of the signature of the Nantes...
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Castle of Nantes The castle was built in a beautiful white chalky stone following the...
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Castle of Nantes This castle was for a short time the prison of a novelistic character of the...
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Umbrellas in red The old disctrict of Bouffay is placed back of the castle. It's...
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Grave of the Duke It's done in a splendid white marble, and displays the statues of...
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Grave of the Duke The statues of the Dukes' mausoleum are not only beautiful, but are also...
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Fougères The village is placed close to the current border between the French Britanny...
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Fougères The face of Fougères is its fantastic castle, which is already cited in...
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Castle of Fougéres Its border emplacement between the kingdoms of Brittany, Normandy and...
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Castle of Fougères During the XVI century, the French regions close to Belgium and to the...
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Castle of Fougères The political conflicts returned, however, to Fougères after the French...
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And its happy owner After a great meal, his owner will offer you another excellent product of the...
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Castle of Vitré A few kilometres South of Fougères, in the way to Rennes, we found the...
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Growing tide Formerly, the waters of the Couesnon river and the tides kept the mountain...
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