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Photo: Jochen Jahnke 14:40, 16. Mär. 2008 (CET), CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Palais ducal was the home of the Counts and Dukes of Nevers. It was at the initiative of Jean de Clamecy, who was looking to affirm his power, that the building was constructed around 1460. The architecture is inspired by the Gothic style of the Renaissance period as can be seen in the symmetry and regular lines of the façade, and in the decoration of the dormer windows.
The Ducal Palace of Nevers is a residence castle of the 15th and 16th centuries that once belonged to the counts and dukes of Nevers. Located in Nevers, France, it is classified as a French monument historique in the list of historic monuments of 1840.
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This is the centre of the town where the nearby attractions are 17th-century Baroque Sainte-Marie chapel and the 15th-century Palais ducal, the latter of which claims to be the earliest Loire chateau, with its stone carved Renaissance façade and octagonal turrets.