Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Nancy, France

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Number of sights 34 sights
Distance 8.6 km
Ascend 118 m
Descend 98 m

Experience Nancy in France in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in NancyIndividual Sights in Nancy

Sight 1: L'Autre Canal

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L'Autre Canal is a French concert hall located in Nancy in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region.

Wikipedia: L'Autre Canal (FR), Website

462 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Église Saint-Georges

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The Church of Saint-Georges is a Catholic church built in the nineteenth century in Nancy.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Georges de Nancy (FR)

676 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Porte Saint-Georges

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79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Maison du Peuple

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Maison du Peuple François BERNARDIN / CC BY 3.0

The Maison du peuple is a building in the École de Nancy style, located at 2 rue Drouin in Nancy, Lorraine, which has belonged to the CGT since 1923.

Wikipedia: Maison du peuple (Nancy) (FR)

341 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Parc Charles III

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Charles III Park is a public garden in Nancy, located in the heart of the Ville-neuve.

Wikipedia: Parc Charles-III (FR)

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Chapelle du couvent des Dominicains

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The chapel of the Dominican convent is a neo-Gothic convent chapel built in Nancy in 1861.

Wikipedia: Chapelle du couvent des Dominicains de Nancy (FR), Website

126 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Hôtel de Stainville

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The Hôtel de Stainville is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the Lorraine region.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Stainville (FR)

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation

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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.

Wikipedia: Nancy Cathedral (EN)

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Maison des Adam

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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.

Wikipedia: Maison des Adam (FR)

86 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Immeuble du Crédit lyonnais de Nancy

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Immeuble du Crédit lyonnais de NancyPatrick from Compiègne, France / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Crédit Lyonnais de Nancy building is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle region of Lorraine.

Wikipedia: Immeuble du Crédit lyonnais de Nancy (FR)

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Maison de Hanvs

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The House of Hanvs or House of Hanus is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region.

Wikipedia: Maison de Hanvs (FR)

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Maison de Clodion

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The Faber House is a building designed by the architect Nicolas Grillot in 1793, located at what is now 22 rue Saint-Dizier in Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle region of Lorraine.

Wikipedia: Maison de Clodion (FR)

330 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Chapelle de la Visitation

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Chapelle de la Visitation François BERNARDIN / CC BY 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de la Visitation de Nancy (FR)

103 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Bibliothèque Stanislas

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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.

Wikipedia: Bibliothèque municipale de Nancy (EN), Website

318 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Salle Poirel

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The Poirel ensemble is a cultural complex located on rue Victor-Poirel in Nancy, consisting of a performance hall and a vast art gallery.

Wikipedia: Ensemble Poirel (FR), Website

45 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Hôtel Lang

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The Lang Hotel is a building located at 4, place André-Maginot in Nancy, in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and the former Lorraine region.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Lang (FR)

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Le Souvenir

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Le SouvenirPatrick from Compiègne, France / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Souvenir is a bronze group made by the French sculptor Paul Dubois to commemorate the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany during the war of 1870. It is located on Place André-Maginot, in Nancy, in front of the Protestant temple.

Wikipedia: Le Souvenir (FR)

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Temple Saint-Jean

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The Protestant Temple of Nancy or Temple Saint-Jean is a reformed Protestant place of worship located at Place André-Maginot in Nancy. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church in France. The building is an old Catholic church, built in 1759 for the Saint-Joseph abbey of the order of regular canons of Prémontré. Disappected during the French Revolution, the abbey was assigned to Protestant worship in 1807.

Wikipedia: Temple protestant de Nancy (FR)

32 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 19: Maison Houot

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The Houot House is a building built in 1905-1907 by Joseph Hornecker, first in collaboration with Henri Gutton and then alone, in the center of Nancy.

Wikipedia: Maison Houot (FR)

26 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 20: Banque Charles Renauld

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The Charles Renauld Bank is a remarkable building built between 1908 and 1910, located in the center of Nancy. It has been a BNP Paribas branch since 1985.

Wikipedia: Banque Charles Renauld (FR)

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Immeuble Génin-Louis

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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, is the first building with an exposed metal structure to be used partly as a dwelling.

Wikipedia: Immeuble Génin-Louis (FR)

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Église Saint-Sébastien

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Église Saint-SébastienPatrick from Compiègne, France / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Church of Saint-Sébastien is a church built in Nancy in the sixteenth century.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Sébastien de Nancy (FR)

394 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 23: Synagogue

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Synagogue Olivier Lévy / CC BY 2.5

The Synagogue of Nancy is a synagogue located at 17, boulevard Joffre in Nancy, where it was inaugurated in 1788. At 19 Boulevard Joffre, the community centre is located in a modern cubic-shaped building that houses several Jewish associations, such as the UEJF, the Éclaireuses & Éclaireurs Israélites de France, the Wizo and the B'nai B'rith.

Wikipedia: Synagogue de Nancy (FR)

640 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 24: Maison Docteur Spillmann

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The Spilmann House is a building located in the city of Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the Grand Est region.

Wikipedia: Maison Spilmann (FR)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 25: Maison du Docteur Paul Jacques

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The house of Doctor Paul Jacques is a private mansion built in 1905 in Nancy.

Wikipedia: Maison du Docteur Paul Jacques (FR)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Immeuble Georges Biet

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Immeuble Georges BietJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Georges Biet building is a building in the École de Nancy style built between 1901 and 1902 in Nancy. It is located at 22 rue de la Commanderie, about 200 metres south-west of Nancy station.

Wikipedia: Immeuble Georges Biet (FR)

36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 27: Pharmacie Jacques

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The Jacques pharmacy is a pharmacy located in Nancy, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, in the Lorraine region. It was built in the École de Nancy style by Lucien Bentz in 1903, for the pharmacist Victor Jacques.

Wikipedia: Pharmacie Jacques (FR)

206 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Place de la Croix-de-Bourgogne

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Place de la Croix-de-BourgogneAlexandre Prevot from Nancy, France / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Place de la Croix-de-Bourgogne is a tree-lined square in the city of Nancy. It takes its name from the cross worn by Charles the Bold, who died at the Battle of Nancy, and to whom René II of Lorraine wanted to pay homage.

Wikipedia: Place de la Croix-de-Bourgogne (FR)

891 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 29: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur

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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Nancy is a Roman Catholic basilica in the Romanesque-Byzantine style, inspired by the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre in Paris. It is mainly due to the talents of three men: Monsignor Turinaz, Canon Blaise and the architect Rougieux. It is located west of the city of Nancy, near its border with the commune of Laxou, in the Poincaré - Foch - Anatole France - Croix de Bourgogne district. It is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Wikipedia: Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Nancy (FR)

336 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 30: Villa Majorelle

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378 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 31: Tour de la Commanderie Saint-Jean-du-Vieil-Aître

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Tour de la Commanderie Saint-Jean-du-Vieil-AîtrePatrick from Compiègne, France / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Commandery of Saint-Jean-du-Vieil-Aître is the oldest visible building in Nancy. Dating from the twelfth century, it is one of the few Romanesque style monuments in the city. The tower is the remains of a church that was founded by Duke Mathieu I, and which was destroyed in the middle of the nineteenth century. It has been owned by the city of Nancy since 1950.

Wikipedia: Tour de la Commanderie Saint-Jean-du-Vieil-Aître (FR)

36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 32: Immeuble Lombard

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Immeuble Lombard François BERNARDIN / CC BY 3.0

The Lombard building is a building, built in 1903 by the architect Émile André at 69 avenue Foch in Nancy.

Wikipedia: Immeuble Lombard (FR)

788 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 33: Parc Sainte-Marie

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Parc Sainte-Marie is a public park in Nancy, located in the south-west of the commune.

Wikipedia: Parc Sainte-Marie (FR)

494 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 34: Église Saint-Joseph

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Église Saint-JosephAlexandre Prevot from Nancy, France / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Church of Saint-Joseph de Nancy is a neo-Romanesque style church built in the nineteenth century and located in Nancy, in the rue de Mon-Désert.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Joseph de Nancy (FR)

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