2024

THE COUERON PLUMB BOB TOWER

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A 70-meter-high lead tower in Couëron, listed as a Monument Historique in ... Read more
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LA GERBETIERE

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Gerbetière is a noble house whose name comes from gerbernate, which used to name a place where the blades were stored and located just near the house. John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a multi-disciplinary man, both painter, scholar, scholar, poet and adventurer. Naturalist and famous animal artist, he spent his youth in Couëron. Its childhood home, La Gerbetière, is visible in the street that bears its name. Until 1821, she appeared on the Audubon family before being bought by the mayor of Couëron in 2003. The stay is only on the Heritage Days.

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THE DAREAU LOCK

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The Dareau lock is a hydraulic structure built around 1824 Read more
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THE HOUSE OF THE GAZOIRE

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There was a plaque on the occasion of the 500 th anniversary of the death of François II, who died in this house. With Charles VIII, he signed the peace treaty between Brittany and France in 1488. In the church, just next door, stalls, classified in historical monuments, would come from Buzay abbey, located on the other bank of the Loire.

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