Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy

World Heritage

France

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Nancy, the temporary residence of a king without a kingdom – Stanislas Leszczynski, later Duke of Lorraine – is paradoxically the oldest and most typical example of a modern capital, an enlightened monarch sensitive to the needs of the public. It is a carefully designed building, built between 1752 and 1756 by a talented team led by the architect Héré, that not only enhanced the monarch’s prestige, but was also extremely practical.