Château des ducs de Bretagne

The Château des ducs de Bretagne (French pronunciation: [ʃato de dyk də bʁətaɲ], "Castle of the Dukes of Brittany") is a large castle located in the city of Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique département of France; it served as the centre of the historical province of Brittany until its separation in 1956.

The exhibition ends with a vision of the city, a multimedia creation by a contemporary artist, occupying the entire area of the 32nd room.

The illumination was designed by Sylvie Sieg and Pierre Nègre of the Atelier Lumière and won the Light Originator Price of the Lumiville Trophy 2007.

On 12 October, after being asked by the Chinese regime not to use the words “Genghis Khan” and “Mongolia", Nantes History Museum stopped an exhibition project dedicated to the history of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire in partnership with a Chinese museum”.

The director of the Nantes museum, Bertrand Guillet, says: “We made the decision to stop this production in the name of the human, scientific and ethical values that we defend in our institution”.

Entrance as it appeared between 1890 and 1905
The courtyard of the château, from left to right; le Grand Gouvernement , which served as the residence of the governors of Brittany , otherwise known as le Palais Ducal ; La Conciergerie , currently Caretaker's Lodge, but housed first the lieutenant of the duke, then the castle's arsenal of weapons; Le Harnachement , also used to store artillery, now an exhibition centre; Le Petit Gouvernement , the former home of the king of France on his visits to Nantes; and to the side, Les Murailles Extérieures , the walls of the castle. In the left background lies the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
The entrance of the château
A panoramic view of the courtyard