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Start · Nantes, Brittany · 1626
The Count Beheaded by a Convict With a Carpenter's AdzeHenri de Chalais plotted against Richelieu. When the Nantes executioner was bought off, a condemned man was pardoned to behead him, and the work took a sword, then an adze, and dozens of blows.
523 m on · Nantes · 1793
The Drownings of NantesOverflowing prisons and a revolutionary need for speed turned the Loire River into a mass execution site for priests.
same spot · Nantes · 1440
The Knight Who Became BluebeardA war hero who rode beside Joan of Arc went home to his castles and became something monstrous.
same spot · Nantes · 1343
The Widow Who Became A Pirate For RevengeAfter the King of France beheaded her husband, a noblewoman sold everything, took to the sea, and hunted French ships for years.
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