• Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance

  Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance

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  <img src=’http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/sites/site_229.jpg‘ target=’blank‘ align=’left‘ style=’padding:5px‘>Nancy, the temporary residence of a king without a kingdom – Stanislas Leszczynski, later to become Duke of Lorraine – is paradoxically the oldest and most typical example of a modern capital where an enlightened monarch proved to be sensitive to the needs of the public. Built between 1752 and 1756 by a brilliant team led by the architect H&#xe9;r&#xe9;, this was a carefully conceived project that succeeded in creating a capital that not only enhanced the sovereign&apos;s prestige but was also functional.

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