Penotte Island

This pretty pedestrian district has the name of an island, even though it’s nestled in the city center, behind the Remblai, in a series of narrow, winding streets.

Amid the hollyhocks, the houses are decorated with mosaics of multicolored shells.

All these decorations are the work of local artist and resident Danièle Arnaud-Aubin, nicknamed the “Seashell Lady”.

Inspired by mythology, fairy tales and fantasy stories, she uses a variety of shellfish: whelks and periwinkles, oysters, clams, scallops, mussels and exotic shellfish.