Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire

City with a rich past, especially since the seventeenth century, this Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire still an important architectural heritage of great historical interest.

This town in Loire-Atlantique has on its territory a large number of nobles and bourgeois mansions. One can admire the Closille, the castle of the Baugerie that housed Cambronne at the end of his life, the mansion Tullaye the mansion Gibraye the Malabry mansion of the fifteenth century, or the manor of the Court Neuve. This former hunting lodge is now an extended private property in the nineteenth century. Visitors also appreciate the Palladian style mansion Savarière, an Italianate villa of the eighteenth century, the Grand eighteenth century Portal, the High Robertière, or the beautiful manor of Little Jaunaie built by a former mayor of Nantes in the middle seventeenth century.

All Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire neighborhoods are former villages that have retained their original aspects and some beautiful old buildings.

Walking through the streets of the town, visitors can admire including the Pyramid, an obelisk built in the late seventeenth century to score a forest crossroads. Beautiful, the cross of Metairie dating from the sixteenth century and adorned with a Pieta, or the cross of Portereau also the charm of the town.

Oriented culture, like its neighbor Nantes, the town of Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire is eventful.

The Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire markets are held on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning. Throughout the year, an organic market is also held on late Wednesday afternoon.

Film festival and everything that revolves around, moviegoers are held in May. This outdoor festival takes place in the islands of the Loire.

The April weekend, the city hosts the Chloroph'Îles living on the islands of the Loire. It is dedicated to the art of cultivating the garden.

Sportissimo is a gathering of sports associations of the city held the first Saturday in September. Different activities are offered.

The first Saturday in December, the city hosts its Christmas market, as well as children and illuminations party.