Stanislas Square
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Key facts
- Location
- Nancy , Lorraine , Grand Est , France
- Part of
- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière [ fr ] and Place d'Alliance [ fr ] in Nancy
- Criteria
- Cultural: (i), (iv)
- Reference
- 229bis
- Inscription
- 1983 (7th Session )
- Area
- 7 ha (17 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 159 ha (390 acres)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Place Stanislas is a large pedestrianised square in the French city of Nancy, in the Lorraine historic region. Built between 1752 and 1756 on the orders of Stanislaus I, former King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, then Duke of Lorraine, the square is one of the oldest examples of an architecturally consistent monumental public square and is an excellent example of 18th-century urban architecture. Since 1983, the architectural ensemble comprising the Place Stanislas, the extension of its axis, the Place de la Carrière and the Place d'Alliance, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stanislas Square” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.