Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Nancy, France
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4.9 km
42 m
Explore Nancy in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in NancySight 1: Chapelle du couvent des Dominicains
The Chapel of the Dominican Convent is a conventual chapel of neo-Gothic style built in Nancy in 1861.
Wikipedia: Chapelle du couvent des Dominicains de Nancy (FR)
Sight 2: Hôtel de Stainville
The Hôtel de Stainville is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the Lorraine region.
Sight 3: 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.
Sight 4: Hôtel d'Alsace
The hotel has been the name that a hotel establishment has since 1963, a hotel located 13, rue des Beaux-Arts in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, one of the four districts of the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Sight 5: Caserne Thiry
The Thiry Barracks, first known as the Sainte-Catherine Barracks, is a barracks located near the Porte Sainte-Catherine in Nancy. It was built from 1765 to 1769 according to the plans of the architect Richard Mique, on the orders of Louis XV, shortly before the annexation of Lorraine to France.
Sight 6: Grand Hôtel de la Reine
The Grand Hôtel de la Reine is a charming hotel located at 2 place Stanislas in Nancy, France.
Sight 7: Hommage à Lamour
Hommage à Lamour is a work by François Morellet created in 2001 and permanently installed at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy.
Sight 8: 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 Little Theatre, in the city...
Sight 9: Hôtel de Ligniville
The Hôtel de Ligniville, or de Lignéville, is a private mansion in the Old Town of Nancy, located at number 23 Grande-Rue.
Sight 10: Hôtel Héré
The Hotel Héré or Pavilion Héré is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle in the Grand Est region.
Sight 11: Hôtel de Chastenoy
The Hôtel de Chastenoy is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Lorraine region.
Sight 12: Hôtel de Hautoy
The Hôtel de Hautoy is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region.
Sight 13: Hôtel de Lillebonne
The Hôtel de Lillebonne is a private mansion in the city of Nancy. It is a sixteenth-century Renaissance building, 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.
Sight 14: 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.
Sight 15: Chapelle de la Visitation
The Chapel of the Visitation, sometimes called the Round Chapel, is a chapel located in Nancy, France. The main vestige of the convent of the Visitandines with the adjoining wing, rue de la Visitation, it was built in the eighteenth century. Transformed into the Musée des Beaux-Arts during the Revolution, it was integrated under the First Empire into the walls of the Lycée Impérial de Nancy, which later became the Lycée Henri-Poincaré.
Sight 16: Immeuble Génin-Louis
The Génin-Louis store, known as Graineterie Genin Louis, at the corner of rue Saint-Jean and rue Bénit in Nancy in Meurthe-et-Moselle, was the first building with an exposed metal structure to be used partly as a dwelling.
Sight 17: Hôtel Lang
The Hotel Lang is a building located at 4, place André-Maginot in Nancy, in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and the former Lorraine region.
Sight 18: Salle Poirel
The Poirel ensemble is a cultural ensemble located rue Victor-Poirel in Nancy, composed of a performance hall and a large art gallery.
Sight 19: Hôtel Excelsior
The Excelsior brewery, colloquially designated by the apocope "Excel", or "the Flo" since its acquisition by the Flo group, is a French brasserie with Art Nouveau style architecture located in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle ), at the angle formed by the Henri-Poincaré and Mazagran streets, near Simone-Veil square.
Sight 20: Immeuble Georges Biet
The Georges Biet Building is a School of Nancy style building built between 1901 and 1902 in Nancy. It is located at 22 rue de la Commanderie, about 200 metres south-west of Nancy train station.
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