[HN Gopher] The Machines of the Isle of Nantes
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       The Machines of the Isle of Nantes
        
       Author : tomcam
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2021-04-24 19:40 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.lesmachines-nantes.fr)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.lesmachines-nantes.fr)
        
       | jmuguerza wrote:
       | The same company has a branch in Toulouse, with a pretty cool
       | minotaur.[1]
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       | [1] https://www.halledelamachine.fr/en/1203-2/
        
         | tomcam wrote:
         | I had no idea. That thing is incredible
        
       | ttxndrx wrote:
       | I stumbled onto this place when traveling around France a few
       | years back. Had no idea it was there, just walked around a corner
       | and there it was. An absolutely wonderful experience.
       | 
       | They also have a three storey carousel that is truly something to
       | behold and remarkable in it's own right.
        
       | Animats wrote:
       | Oh, so that's where Artichoke's machines ended up. That's their
       | Sultan's Elephant, from 2006.[1]
       | 
       | [1] https://www.artichoke.uk.com/project/the-sultans-elephant/
        
         | samplenoise wrote:
         | The elephant was built by French theater company Royale de Luxe
         | in 2005 for a performance in France, before it traveled to
         | London and elsewhere in 2006 [1]. It looks like two people who
         | worked for them later started The Machines of the Isle of
         | Nantes, and built the replica [2].
         | 
         | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sultan%27s_Elephant
         | 
         | [2] http://www.royal-de-
         | luxe.com/uploads/documents/2014_08_05_fr...
        
         | corentin88 wrote:
         | It's a replica AFAICT [1]
         | 
         | [1] https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_elephant
        
           | daureg wrote:
           | definitely "The Sultan's Elephant, or La visite du sultan des
           | Indes sur son elephant a voyager dans le temps, was first
           | performed in Nantes in 2005, on the centenary of Jules
           | Verne's death. This production was commissioned by the cities
           | of Nantes and Amiens and received a special grant from the
           | French Ministry of Culture and Communication."
           | https://www.artichoke.uk.com/project/the-sultans-
           | elephant/ar...
        
       | christkv wrote:
       | My favorite French and soon to be Spanish historic recreation
       | theme park is https://www.puydufou.com/en
        
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