Les Machines de l’Île

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artistic and cultural project public art installation theme park tourist attraction

Les Machines de l’Île is a large-scale artistic and cultural project in Nantes featuring fantastical mechanical creatures and interactive machines inspired by Jules Verne and Leonardo da Vinci.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic and cultural project → public art installation → theme park → tourist attraction →
associatedWith	City of Nantes → Nantes’ industrial shipyard heritage →
country	France →
creator	François Delarozière → Pierre Orefice →
designedFor	family tourism → public interaction →
genre	interactive installation → kinetic sculpture → mechanical art →
hasMainAttraction	Carrousel des Mondes Marins → Galerie des Machines → Grand Éléphant →
hasPart	Arbre aux Hérons (project) → Carrousel des Mondes Marins → Galerie des Machines → Grand Éléphant →
hasWebsite	https://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr →
inspiredBy	Jules Verne → Leonardo da Vinci →
languageOfWorkOrName	French →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Loire-Atlantique → Pays de la Loire NERFINISHED →
locatedOn	Île de Nantes →
location	Nantes NERFINISHED →
notableWork	Carrousel des Mondes Marins → Galerie des Machines → Grand Éléphant →
openingDate	2007 →
operatedBy	La Machine (company) →
partOf	urban renewal of Île de Nantes →
subjectHasRole	symbol of Nantes’ cultural identity →
theme	fantastical mechanical creatures → imaginary worlds → industrial heritage →
touristAttractionType	urban cultural attraction →
usesMaterial	hydraulic systems → pneumatic systems → steel → wood →
visitorType	international tourists → local residents →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nantes →	hasLandmark
Nantes →	knownFor