This
gorgeous mechanical elephant actually walks around! It is one of a number of animals in a special
art park in Nantes in France. I would
love to visit this place. So undeniably
quirky!
I've
travelled a bit in France but somehow have missed Nantes – which is the 6th
largest city in France. Nantes is in
Western France on the Loire river quite close to the coast.
The
machines are housed in old shipyards and were created by 2 French artists –
Francois Delaroziere and Pierre Orefice.
The
elephant is 12 meters high (that's 40 feet in old money) and 8 meters wide –
that's one very big elephant. It goes on
walks and can hold over 40 passengers.
What sight that would be...
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