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It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was annexed by France under King Louis XV in 1766 and replaced by a province, with Nancy maintained as capital. Following its rise to prominence in the Age of Enlightenment , it was nicknamed the "capital of Eastern France" in the late 19th century.
Nancy, town, Meurthe-et-Moselle département, Grand Est région, northeastern France, in what was formerly the province of Lorraine, west of Strasbourg, near the left bank of the Meurthe River. Until the 18th century Nancy was composed of two distinct fortified towns.
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- The Nancy Old Town: the “Ville Vieille” Over the last 15 years – after much restoration –, Nancy Old Town has revealed itself to be a significant asset amongst visitors and amateur students of art.
- Place Saint Epvre and the Basilica. This square was the main trading centre in the Middle-Ages where a market used to be held. The statue in the middle depicts Duke René II who defeated the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, at the Battle of Nancy in 1477.
- The Historic Mansions in Nancy Old Town. Rue Monseigneur Trouillet and Rue des Loups. These peaceful streets, parallel to the busy Grande Rue, have a number of beautiful private mansions.
- The Craffe Gate (Porte de la Craffe) Of all the extensive fortifications erected around the “Ville Vieille” until the 16th century, only a very few parts of them remain today.
Nancy, the capital of the dukes of Lorraine. The old town (Ville Vieille), from Place Saint-Epvre to the Porte de la Craffe. Step back in time and wander through Nancy’s historic centre following the maze of narrow streets around the Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine and the Grande Rue.
Between the 12th and 15th century Nancy was the capital of the duchy and new fortifications were added. The Dukes of Lorraine enlarged and embellished the city with new buildings (the so-called “Ville-Vieille” (Old Town), with the Ducal Palace, the “Porte de la Craffe” and the Basilica St-Evre.
Nancy is a moderate-sized city in the Grand-Est region of (eastern) France. Nancy is the capital of the French département of Meurthe-et-Moselle, and is the economic capital of the Lorraine region. It is also a major French university centre, with over 47,000 students and three major universities.
Photo by Els Slots. Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy are 18th-century works of urban planning ordered by an enlightened monarch. The three squares and the surrounding monuments were developed under the patronage of the Duke of Lorraine, Stanislaw Leszczynsk.
