Rue Kervégan, Pedestrian street in central Nantes, France
Rue Kervégan is a pedestrian street running through central Nantes, lined with shops, restaurants, and cafés that serve both locals and visitors. The street flows from rue Léon-Maître eastward toward Place de la Petite-Hollande on its western end.
The street took its name in 1817 from Danyel de Kervégan, a merchant and former mayor of Nantes who made his home here. This naming reflected the area's growing importance as a commercial passage through the city center.
Multiple buildings along the street, including numbers 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, and 28, contain architectural elements registered as historical monuments.
The street is fully pedestrian and easy to navigate without vehicle traffic interrupting your walk. You'll find plenty of seating areas and shop entrances along the route where you can stop and explore at your own pace.
The Temple du Goût at number 30 is an 18th-century registered monument that many visitors overlook while passing through. This building reveals the craftsmanship and artistic ambitions that once defined the neighborhood's character.
Location: Nantes
Part of: réseau viaire de Nantes
GPS coordinates: 47.21270,-1.55587
Latest update: December 6, 2025 17:43
Nantes features diverse settings for photography, from gardens to historical monuments. Passage Pommeraye, a 19th-century shopping gallery, displays carved staircases and glass roofs across three levels. Île de Versailles offers a Japanese garden with stone lanterns and bamboo groves, while the Jardin des Plantes houses over 10,000 plant species in its greenhouses and pathways. Château des Ducs de Bretagne showcases Renaissance towers, and Cours Cambronne lines neoclassical facades around a tree-lined square. Converted former industrial sites create unique photographic spaces. The Hangar à Bananes, a former warehouse on the Loire quays, now hosts restaurants and galleries. Les Machines de l'Île set their mechanical creations in the naval shipyard’s Nefs. Le Lieu Unique occupies the LU factory with its distinctive tower, and Jardin des Fonderies preserves metal structures from its industrial past. In Trentemoult, a fishing village with houses painted red, yellow, and blue, narrow alleys run along the Loire.
Temple du Goût
72 m
Hôtel de La Villestreux
103 m
Immeuble, 13 allée de Turenne
79 m
Quai Turenne
107 m
Square Jean-Baptiste-Daviais
166 m
Hôtel Grou
102 m
Cour Ovale
52 m
Immeuble, 8 quai Turenne
82 m
Immeuble, 1 place de la Petite-Hollande
112 m
Immeuble, 9 quai Turenne
59 m
Hôtel de Luynes
23 m
Immeuble, 1-2 allée Jean-Bart
186 m
Immeuble, 13 rue Kervégan
28 m
Immeuble, 10 allée de Turenne
37 m
Immeuble, 6 allée Brancas
138 m
Immeuble, 11 rue Kervégan
45 m
Immeuble, 1 allée Cassard de Nantes
156 m
Immeuble, 15 Allée Duguay-Trouin
62 m
Immeuble, 9 rue Kervégan (Nantes)
74 m
Immeuble, 28 rue Kervégan
53 m
Immeuble, 21 rue Kervégan (Nantes)
25 m
Immeuble, 19 rue Kervégan (Nantes)
33 m
Immeuble, 2 allée Brancas (Nantes)
150 m
Immeuble, 3-4 allée Brancas
146 m
Immeuble, 12 allée de Turenne
61 m
Immeuble, 3 rue Du Guesclin (Nantes)
38 m
Immeuble, 5 allée Brancas
141 m
Immeuble, 1 allée Brancas
138 mVisited this place? Tap the stars to rate it and share your experience / photos with the community! Try now! You can cancel it anytime.
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