architecture

Place Stanislas, Fine Arts Museum of Nancy

Nancy, Grand Est, France

Musée des beaux-arts [French]

Architecture

historic names
College of Medicine and Surgery
Collège de médecine et de chirurgie
higher-level structure
Place Stanislas
work type by function
1758–1909
theatre
1793
art museum

Architecture: Place Stanislas

full/alternative names
Stanislas Square
historic names
Royal Square
Place Royale [French]
1755-1792
People's Square
Place du Peuple [French]
1792-1804
Napoleon Square
Place Napoléon [French]
1804-1814
Royal Square
Place Royale [French]
1814-1831
People's Square
Place du Peuple [French]
1848-1851
built
–
culture
French
style/period
Neoclassical
work type by function
square
architect
Emmanuel Héré
patronage
Stanislaus I Leszczynski

Specifications

Specification: Place Stanislas

width
106.0 m
length
125.0 m
area
13,250 m²

Geography

Europe » Western Europe » France » Grand Est » Meurthe-et-Moselle » Nancy » Charles III - Centre Ville
local language location name
Nancy, France [French]
cultural historical region
Lorraine

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
type
cultural
criteria
I, IV
designation
reference
229bis