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Nevers ( / nəˈvɛər / nə-VAIR, French: [nəvɛʁ] ⓘ; Latin: Noviodunum, later Nevirnum and Nebirnum) is a town and the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France. It was the principal city of the former province of Nivernais. It is 260 km (160 mi) south-southeast of Paris .
- 167–238 m (548–781 ft), (avg. 180 m or 590 ft)
- Nièvre
Visit Nevers (Burgundy-Franche-Comté, France) Book a visit. The town of Nevers is in the Nièvre department (Burgundy region) of France, at the confluence of the Loire and Nièvre Rivers. The town has its origins as a regional centre in Roman times, when it was an important depot for Julius Caesar.
Nevers, town, Nièvre département, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté région, central France, south-southeast of Paris. Situated on the high right bank of the Loire River at its confluence with the Nièvre River, it is a typical old provincial town that has been modernized after the establishment of new industries in the vicinity.
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- Nevers Cathedral. Anyone familiar with cathedrals will sense something peculiar about this sublime medieval building: There are two apses, one at the west end where the portal to the nave would normally be, and another on the usual east side.
- Palais Ducal. On the high ground where Nevers’ political and religious institutions are set is the Ducal Palace, the symbol of power for the old Counts and Dukes of Nevers.
- Musée de la Faïence. Heaven for people with an eye for fine decorative items, this museum in a Benedictine abbey has hundreds of pieces of local faience.
- Faience Workshops. Nevers’ faience industry took off at the end of the 1500s when Italian potters settled here at the invitation of the Duke of Nevers.
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