Le Nid – Nantes

Le Nid is home to an enormous white bird – half-stork, half-heron – who sleepily watches over the city, and its reassuring presence invites spectators to come contemplate the view. Its broad body also doubles as a bar. As if leaping out of a Jean Jullien drawing, gigantic eggshells transform into seats and tables and, on the walls, the artist’s hand has immortalized the city’s emblematic spots on bright posters.

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France: Nantes

Nantes is a city in West France, located on the Loire River, 50 km from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 6th with nearly 900,000 inhabitants. Nantes, labeled art and history city, is the capital city of the Pays de la Loire region and the Loire-Atlantique département and also the largest city in the Grand-Ouest, North western France in English. Together with Vannes, Rennes and Carhaix, it was one of the major cities of the historic province of Brittany, and the ancient Duchy of Brittany. Though officially separated from Brittany in 1789, Nantes is culturally Breton and still widely regarded as its capital city.

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Firenze – Florence terrace with view

To discover Florence, one of the cities that everyone wants to visit at least once in their lifetime, a city beloved and sung by the greatest poets in the world and long the mecca of intellectuals, artists, travellers, and adventurers.
Pleasant itineraries winding through the streets, squares, churches, and museums of the historical centre of Florence, historical memories, legend, and atmospheres that for centuries have enchanted those who visit this marvellous land of light and art.

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Discover Florence by night

To discover Florence, one of the cities that everyone wants to visit at least once in their lifetime, a city beloved and sung by the greatest poets in the world and long the mecca of intellectuals, artists, travellers, and adventurers.
Pleasant itineraries winding through the streets, squares, churches, and museums of the historical centre of Florence, historical memories, legend, and atmospheres that for centuries have enchanted those who visit this marvellous land of light and art.
In a continuous succession of green and fertile hills, the territory is incredibly varied and rich in colours. Florence is a city situated on the plain of the Arno, but wedged between the hills that made it famous, surrounded by towns, villages, and landscapes suspended between medieval atmospheres and the splendours of the Renaissance.
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