Selection of most beautiful monuments in Meurthe-et-Moselle

Porte-de-ville
54100 Nancy

The Saint-Nicolas Gate, built in the early 18th century in Nancy, is an ancient Renaissance-style fortified gate, classified as a historic monument. It marked the southern entrance of the new city and symbolized its strategic and ceremonial role.

Porte
54100 Nancy

The Saint Catherine Gate, built in the 18th century in Nancy, is a neoclassical Doric-style monument designed by Richard Mique, integrated into Stanislas Leszczyński's urban plan.

Festival de province
54100 Nancy

The Lorraine National Opera, located in Place Stanislas in Nancy, is an 18th century theatre building rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century. Ranked a historic monument, it combines classical architecture and technical innovations, with a room of 1,050 seats and a permanent orchestra.

Eglise gothique
54210 Saint-Nicolas-de-Port

The Basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, a Gothic masterpiece flamboyant from the 15th to the 16th centuries in Lorraine, was built by René II of Lorraine in thanks for his victory against Charles the Temerary. Located in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (Meurthe-et-Moselle), it houses a major relic of Saint Nicholas and a historical pilgrimage.

Eglise romane
54700 Vilcey-sur-Trey

The abbey of Sainte-Marie-au-Bois, a former 12th-century pre-demonstrated abbey located in Vilcey-sur-Trey en Meurthe-et-Moselle, is a rare witness to Lorrain Romanesque architecture, founded by Duke Simon I and marked by a turbulent history until its transformation into a farm after the Revolution.

Château fort
54530 Prény

Preny Castle, a medieval castle of the 14th and 15th centuries located in Prény in Meurthe-et-Moselle, was a strategic fortress of the Dukes of Lorraine in front of the bishops of Metz.

Bâtiment Art Nouveau
54100 Nancy

The Villa Majorelle, masterpiece Art Nouveau from the early 20th century in Nancy, is an emblematic master house of the École de Nancy, combining innovative architecture and floral decorations. Former property of Louis Majorelle, she embodies the unity between art and crafts in a creative bourgeois setting.

Château fort
54700 Mousson

The castle of Mousson, a château fort in Lorraine in ruins of the 10th century, dominates the valleys of the Seille and the Moselle in Mousson, in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Historical symbol of resistance, it was demolished in 1633.