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The building located 61 rue de Lorraine in Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, was built in the last quarter of the 18th century for Lanières, royal mayor of the city between 1772 and 1789. It replaces the former Beauvau-Craon hotel, demolished in 1779, and occupies its location. The bumper of the cochère door, dated 1781, bears witness to this period of construction. This building is nicknamed "House of the Treaty" because it will house, on February 9, 1801, the signing of a peace treaty between France and Austria, a major event in its history.

In the 19th century, the house changed ownership: Edmond Keller, mayor of Lunéville between 1870 and 1871, placed his monogram "M K" on the staircase ramp. The remarkable woodwork of the exhibition is protected as historical monuments by an order of 21 September 1949. Two commemorative plaques adorn the facade: one recalls the birth on 10 November 1720 of Charles Juste de Beauvau, Prince of Craon; The other honours the stay of American General Alexander Patch in March 1945, during the Liberation.

The building thus illustrates several key periods of local history, combining architectural heritage, diplomacy and military memory. Its state of conservation and its decorative elements make it a privileged witness of the Lunévilles past, from the Ancien Régime to the Second World War.

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