Le Cellier
Encyclopedia
Le Cellier is a commune
in the Loire-Atlantique
department in western France
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The Château de Clermont
, built between 1643 and 1649 by the Chenu, an old French family, was acquired by the Maupassant
family. At the end of his life, the actor Louis de Funès
came to live in the castle, which had been inherited by his wife, a descendant of the Maupassants.
The banks of the Loire were also visited by the poet René-Guy Cadou or the painter William Turner
.
The Folies-Siffait are strange vestiges of architecture from the nineteenth century, hanging gardens overlooking the Loire River.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...
department in western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Monuments and sites of interest
The commune lies on the north bank of the Loire River; this spot offers magnificent views.Château de Clermont
The Château de Clermont, built between 1643 and 1649, is located in the commune of Le Cellier, 27 kilometres from Nantes in France...
, built between 1643 and 1649 by the Chenu, an old French family, was acquired by the Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's finest exponents....
family. At the end of his life, the actor Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
came to live in the castle, which had been inherited by his wife, a descendant of the Maupassants.
William Turner (artist)
William Turner was an English painter who specialised in watercolour landscapes. He was a contemporary of the more famous artist J. M. W. Turner and his style was not dissimilar. He is often known as William Turner of Oxford or just Turner of Oxford to distinguish him from his better known namesake...
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The Folies-Siffait are strange vestiges of architecture from the nineteenth century, hanging gardens overlooking the Loire River.
See also
- Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department