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Escal’Atlantic – Saint-Nazaire

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Ecomusée du Marais Salant in Loix en Ré

Ecomusée du Marais Salant

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Despiau-Wlérick museum (musée Despiau-Wlérick)

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Statue at CIBDI, the Comic Strip Museum in Angoulême

CIBDI: the Comic Strip Museum

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Château des ducs de Bretagne – history museum in Nantes

Château des ducs de Bretagne – Musée d’histoire de Nantes

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Grottes de Régulus in Meschers-sur-Gironde

Grottes de Regulus

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Château de la Rochefoucauld in La Rochefoucauld

Château de la Rochefoucauld

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La Halle aux Vivres in Hiers-Brouage

Halle aux Vivres Museum

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Château de Châteaubriant

Château de Châteaubriant

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Château de Barbe Bleu also known as Château de Tiffauges

Château de Tiffauges

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