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The church of Saint-Luc de Raon-l A first church, built around 1279 outside the ramparts, was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and rebuilt in 1437. In 1729 a new church was erected near the town hall, but its proximity to the river rendered it unsanitary, causing its gradual closure (1778, 1809) and demolition in 1832. The present building, designed by architect François Grillot between 1825 and 1832, was installed on the other side of the river to avoid these problems.

The church was severely damaged during the two world wars (1914-1918 and 1939-1945). His stained glass windows, broken during the conflicts, were replaced between 1947 and 1953 by creations of the Georges Gross workshop in Nancy. Nicknamed the "little Madeleine" because of its colonnades evoking the Parisian church, it houses a large organ inaugurated in 1931 by Gaston Litaize. Its bell tower, rebuilt after 1914, welcomes a "Carillon de la Victoire" molten in 1920 by Saint Georges Farnier, replacing the bells destroyed by a fire lit during the German occupation.

Classified as an additional inventory of historical monuments since December 19, 1986, the Saint-Luc church belongs to the parish of the same name, attached to the diocese of Saint-Dié. Its tower, erected above the choir due to the marshy ground, dominates a building 61 meters long and 21 wide, covering 1,230 m2. It bears witness to the turbulent history of Raon-l.

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