Heritage and history

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Le parcours de la Boucle de la Moselle est ponctué par un riche patrimoine historique : des édifices religieux tels que la Cathédrale de Toul, la Place Stanislas à Nancy classée au patrimoine mondial par l’Unesco, la cité médiévale de Liverdun ou encore des villages lorrains typiques.

CHÂTEAU DE FLÉVILLE

FLEVILLE DEVANT NANCY

Just fifteen minutes' drive from Place Stanislas, the Château de Fléville juxtaposes a superb mediaeval keep 30 metres...

BASILIQUE SAINT EPVRE

NANCY

The Basilica of Saint Epvre was built in the 19th century by Prosper Morey, Prix de Rome architect, in the neo-Gothic...

CHURCH SAINT SEBASTIEN

NANCY

Overlooking the square Charles III, Saint Sebastian’s Church was built in the 18th century to plans for a hall-church...

CATHEDRALE NOTRE-DAME DE L'ANNONCIATION

NANCY

Built by architects Jules Hardouin Mansart and Germain Boffrand in the early 18th century, the cathedral's railings...

GONDREVILLE OLD TOWN

GONDREVILLE

Gondreville is an old Lorraine's medieval village, whose historical origins date back to Gallo-Roman times, is situated...

THE OLD TOWN CENTER OF TOUL

TOUL

In the heart of the old town of Toul where there are beautiful architectural testimonies from the 15th to the 18th...

ALLIANCE SQUARE

NANCY

This square originally called Saint Stanislas Square is part of the architectural unity commissioned by Stanislas from...

THE FORT DU VIEUX CANTON IN VILLEY-SAINT-ETIENNE

VILLEY SAINT ETIENNE

Witness to a new generation of works, the defensive organization of the forest of Villey-Saint-Etienne presents the...

CHARTERHOUSE OF BOSSERVILLE

ART SUR MEURTHE

The Charterhouse of Bosserville in Art-sur-Meurthe was founded by duke Charles IV in 1666 along the river Meurthe. It...

LA DOUËRA

MALZEVILLE

The Lorraine painter Charles Cournault (1815-1904) was trained by Delacroix. His house in Malzéville near Nancy of...

PLACE DE LA CARRIERE

NANCY

Place de la Carrière, or Carriere Square, appeared in the middle of the sixteenth century. Its name comes from its...

VILLA MAJORELLE

NANCY

Louis Majorelle, cabinet-maker, ornamental metalworker, industrialist and leading light of the Ecole de Nancy movement...

PLACE STANISLAS

NANCY

Place Stanislas is considered as one of the loveliest royal squares in Europe. It is an architectural jewel in Nancy’s...

EGLISE NOTRE DAME DE BONSECOURS

NANCY

A modest chaple and sanctuary lay until 1738 on the site of the graves of the Burgundians who died at the Battle of...

EGLISE DES CORDELIERS

NANCY

The Church of the Cordeliers (Eglise de Cordeliers) is named after the Franciscan Order whose members wore a cord...

FORMER HOSPITAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FORMER HOTEL DE PIMODAN

TOUL

This residence contains vestiges of the historical and architectural heritage of Toulouse; the old hospital of the Holy...

LA MALPIERRE

CHAMPIGNEULLES

A cursed place with a predestined name, it was chosen by the Nazi occupiers as the culmination of their sinister...

CHATEAU DE MONTAIGU

LANEUVEVILLE DEVANT NANCY

Visit this elegant 18th-century château set in the heart of the Montaigu Park, a stone's throw from the History of iron...

THE MINE MUSEUM VAL DE FER

NEUVES MAISONS

In Neuves-Maisons, the mine museum Val de Fer is the memory of the miners and is situated in a clearing of 5 hectares...

FORT DE FROUARD AND THE BATTERIE DE L’EPERON

FROUARD

The Batterie de l'Éperon, located at the northern tip of the Moselle loop, is a unique site housing, in one location, a...

LIVERDUN VILLE HAUTE TOURIST CIRCUIT

LIVERDUN

This fortified mediaeval city overlooks one of the loops of the Moselle. It was once the summer residence of the...

CHÂTEAU DU BAS DE CHAMPIGNEULLES

CHAMPIGNEULLES

At the beginning of the 18th century, Christophe LE PRUD'HOMME, Count of Fontenoy, had a large château built along the...

ST PETER CHURCH, LIVERDUN

LIVERDUN

This understated former collegiate church with its Romanesque architecture was built in the late 12th century, on the...

SAINT STEPHEN'S CATHEDRAL AND ITS CLOISTER

TOUL

Built from 1221 and completed around 1500, with a Romanesque plan and Gothic construction, the Saint Étienne Cathedral...

SAINT-GENGOULT'S COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF TOUL

TOUL

With a gothic style and champenoise inspiration, the collegiate church was built between the XIIIth and the XVth...

VAUBAN'S / SÉRÉ-DE-RIVIÈRES' FORTIFICATIONS - TOUL

TOUL

Toul is the only town in Lorraine to have preserved a city wall. It developed many shapes of fortifications : from...

FORT OF VILLEY-LE-SEC

VILLEY LE SEC

Built not a long times after the 1870 war, the Fort from Villey-le-Sec is included in the defence system «...

THE "BIG HOUSE" - VILLEY-SAINT-ÉTIENNE

VILLEY SAINT ETIENNE

As an old Maison Forte (big house) at the end of the Middle-ages (XVth century), the Grosse Maison (big house) is a...

MICHEL HACHET ART AND HISTORY MUSEUM - TOUL

TOUL

Set in the old Maison Dieu where the stone room still exists(XIIth century) extensive and pedagogical Museum which...

THE BISHOP'S PALACE OF TOUL

TOUL

City hall. Old Episcopal palace of Toul built between the XVIIth century, it was burnt in December 1939 and rebuilt at...