19 Sights in Nancy, France (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Nancy, France! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Nancy. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Nancy1. Pavillon Jacquet
The Place Stanislas is a large pedestrianised square in the French city of Nancy, in the Lorraine historic region. Built between 1752 and 1756 on the orders of Stanislaus I, the square is one of the oldest examples of an architecturally consistent and monumental public square, and is an excellent example of 18th-century urban architecture. Since 1983, the architectural ensemble comprising the Place Stanislas, the extension of its axis, the Place de la Carrière and the Place d'Alliance, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2. Hôtel de Lillebonne
The Hôtel de Lillebonne is a private mansion in the city of Nancy. It is a sixteenth-century construction, in the Renaissance style, located at number 14 rue du Cheval-Blanc, at the corner with rue de la Source, in Ville-Vieille. Today, the hotel is part of a group of buildings that houses a youth and culture centre as well as a contemporary art space, the Galerie Lillebonne.
3. Hôtel Excelsior
The Excelsior brewery, colloquially referred to by the apocope "L'Excel", or "Le Flo" since its acquisition by the Flo group, is a French brasserie with Art Nouveau architecture located in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), at the corner of Henri-Poincaré and Mazagran streets, near Place Simone-Veil.
4. Basilique Notre-Dame de Lourdes
The Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes in Nancy is a French basilica built in the southwest of the city of Nancy in the early twentieth century. The plans were designed by the architect Jules Criqui, with the help of Abbot Léon Loevenbruck.
Wikipedia: Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes de Nancy (FR), Website
5. Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation
Nancy Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Nancy, Lorraine, France. It was erected in the 18th century. The cathedral is in the Baroque architectural style. It is a national monument and the seat of the Bishop of Nancy and Toul.
6. Maison de Jean Prouvé
The house of Jean Prouvé is an avant-garde house of International Style / Contemporary Architecture / Modern Movement, from Nancy in Lorraine in the Grand Est. Built in 1954 by the architect designer Jean Prouvé (1901-1984), as an experimental personal family home, it was acquired by the city of Nancy in 1990, administered by the Musée des beaux-arts de Nancy since 2013, and open to visitors as a museum from June to September. The house and office of his 1947 workshops in Maxéville, reconstructed in the lower area, are classified as historical monuments by a decree of November 2, 1987.
7. Musée des Beaux-Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy, one of the oldest museums in France, is housed in one of the pavilions on the Place Stanislas, in the heart of the 18th-century urban ensemble, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The museum displays an important collection of European paintings and is largely open to design, including a gallery dedicated to Jean Prouvé or the Daum factory.
Wikipedia: Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy (EN), Flickr, Website, Facebook
8. Chapelle de la Visitation
The Chapel of the Visitation, sometimes called the Round Chapel, is a chapel located in Nancy. The main vestige of the Visitandine convent with the adjoining wing, rue de la Visitation, it was built in the eighteenth century. Transformed into a Museum of Fine Arts during the Revolution, it was integrated under the walls of the Imperial High School of Nancy, which later became the Lycée Henri-Poincaré.
9. Église de la Vierge des Pauvres
The Church of the Virgin of the Poor is a parish center of Catholic worship built in the mid-1960s in Nancy, in the Haut-du-Lièvre district, by the architect Dominique Louis. Claude Prouvé, who was working at the time for Dominique Louis, also collaborated on the project.
10. Musée de l'École de Nancy
The Musée de l'École de Nancy is a museum devoted to the École de Nancy, an Art Nouveau movement founded in 1901 by Émile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum and Eugène Vallin in the city of Nancy in Lorraine, north-eastern France. They were joined by other artists, notably Jacques Grüber.
11. Église Sainte-Anne
The Church of Sainte-Anne is a Catholic church decided in 1956 and built from 1957 to 1960 in Nancy, on the Avenue de Boufflers, in the Beauregard district. It was designed by Pierre Prunet. The stained glass windows are by Camille Hilaire.
12. Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus
The Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus is a French church in the Parc du Placieux in Villers-lès-Nancy. It is dedicated to Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus. Its construction lasted from 1930 to 1934.
Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'enfant-Jésus de Villers-lès-Nancy (FR)
13. Hôtel de Rogéville
The Hôtel de Rogéville is a private mansion in the Old Town of Nancy, located at 11 Grande-Rue, at the corner of Rue du Maure-qui-Trompe. It is a Renaissance style building, modified in the classical period, which today houses a cultural structure: The Petit Théâtre, in the city...
14. Maison Gaudin
The Gaudin house is a house built by the architect Georges Biet in 1899 in Nancy, at 97 rue Charles-III, for the leather merchant Alphonse Gaudin. This building is one of the first manifestations of the Art Nouveau movement of the School of Nancy.
15. Villa Lang
The Villa Lang is a house built by the architect Lucien Weissenburger in Nancy, at no. 1 boulevard Georges-Clemenceau in the park of Saurupt. This building is one of the representations of the Art Nouveau movement of the School of Nancy.
16. Bibliothèque Stanislas
The Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy is a public library in Nancy, France. It houses approximately 400,000 documents, books, maps, plans and prints. Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński began the collection in 1750. The library is located in a 1769 building of the historical University of Nancy. At 43, rue Stanislas, it is close to the Place Stanislas and the Gare de Nancy-Ville.
17. Maison des Adam
The Adams' house is a remarkable building in the city of Nancy. It is an eighteenth-century construction in the classical style that was the home of a famous dynasty of Lorraine and then French sculptors.
18. Porte Héré
The Arc Héré or Porte Héré is a triumphal arch located in the city of Nancy, France, on the north side of the Place Stanislas. It was designed by Emmanuel Héré de Corny to honor the French king Louis XV and was built between 1752 and 1755. Its architecture is inspired by the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome. The Arc replaced an older royal gate constructed under the rule of Louis XIV; three bas reliefs from the old gate are featured on the Arc.
19. Hôtel d'Alsace
The Hotel is the name that has been given since 1963 to a hotel located at 13, rue des Beaux-Arts in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, one of the four districts of the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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