Square Élisa-Mercœur, Public garden near Château des Ducs de Bretagne, Nantes, France.
The park contains a 30-meter wooden dragon sculpture crafted from acacia wood, providing an imaginative playground for children in the heart of Nantes.
The square emerged after World War II on former Loire River embankments and received its name in 1968 to honor Nantes poet Élisa Mercœur.
The garden features 'Un arbre, la forêt,' an artistic installation by Éric Fonteneau that replaced the previous Glass Fountain in autumn 2013.
The square offers accessible facilities including restrooms, drinking water stations, picnic tables, and two elevators connecting to an underground passage.
A 1,300-square-meter water mirror installation faces the castle, creating reflective surfaces that transform the space throughout different times of day.
Location: Nantes
Website: https://nature.metropole.nantes.fr/parcs-jardins/square-elisa-mercoeur
GPS coordinates: 47.21450,-1.54998
Latest update: June 23, 2025 10:02
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.
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