Zoo mechanical animals

Prehistoric muffled roar of frantic squeals of children who flee immediately at the sight of him heading to the giant creatures. However, no cause for concern - flapping ears a fantastic 48-ton elephant with a carved wooden body moves very netoroplivo.

Steam puffing and snorting animal walks in the park "Island of cars» («Les Machines De L'LLE»), which was converted into the former distribution yard in the industrial port city of Nantes, in the northwest of France. His dilapidated warehouses have been turned into a veritable "dream factory" - with workshops, where the mechanics and artists collected psychedelic carousel with herons and deep sea suschestvami.

However, these bizarre animals are something more than a sophisticated toys for children. They are true works of art, are open to the general public, which thus offer retroskazki get into the world, combining "invented worlds of Jules Verne and the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci."

"The form of the animals was elected to moving machine gave people as much thrill," - says the artistic director of the mechanical Zoo Francois Delaroza. "We moved the desire to create a universal city of the imagination, in which visitors themselves become actors," - he adds.



This wonderful amusement park is the brainchild of "La Machine", which is famous for its incredible creatures, such as, for example, 15-meter spider that crept over Liverpool in the UK in the framework of urban celebrations in the year 2008.





At 2007m, the company "La Machine" acquired for $ 19 million, abandoned since 1987, the year the shipyard in the hope of turning it into a lively vacation spot for residents and tourists. To date, according to the statements of the local edition of "Metropol", these 337 hectares is one of the largest urban projects in Europe.

Visitors can get into the park for free, while visitors can roam freely, even the shops, where armed with hammers and cutter artists create their latest creations. However, wishing to ride on these wonderful animals will still have to buy a ticket.

Animals by vintage style hand-carved bear charm stimpapanka - genre of science fiction with the steam engine. Interestingly, the emergence of such a park in Nantes is more than justified, because this city is the birthplace of the most famous science fiction of the 19th century by Jules Verne.

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