Nantes Cathedral in Pays de la Loire was begun in 1434 under Guillaume de Dammartin, who was replaced by Mathurin Rodier. Jacques Drouet worked on it from 1508 to 1516, and city architect Felix Seheult from 1840 to 1891. John V, Duke of Brittany, and Bishop Jean de Malestroit laid the foundation stone. The article names no client and says it took 457 years to finish, in 1891.
The article calls the style Late Gothic Flamboyant, built on the site of a Romanesque cathedral. It uses stone, with a timber-frame roof. It gives no dimensions.
Bombing struck the cathedral on June 15, 1944, and a roof fire broke out on January 28, 1972. A fire on July 18, 2020 destroyed the main organ. It has been listed as a monument historique since 1862 and is a Roman Catholic cathedral. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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