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The church of Saint-Pierre de Liverdun, built in the 12th century in the upper town of Liverdun (Meurthe-et-Moselle), is an ancient collegiate church marked by its Romanesque architecture. It preserves a Romanesque tower, a nave and 12th century lowsides decorated with hooked capitals, as well as an original transept, although its bedside was redesigned in the 18th and 19th centuries. Its western portal, partially redesigned, reveals traces of medieval sculptures, while its interior contains remarkable elements such as the tomb of St.Euchaire, a renaissance gisant of the sixteenth century.

Ranked a historic monument in 1924, the church houses an exceptional furniture heritage: organs of Claude Ignace Callinet (1846), a carved altar front after 1853, an 18th century choir fence, as well as 18th and 19th century liturgical paintings and objects, all protected as historical monuments. These elements illustrate the artistic and religious evolution of the site, from the Middle Ages to the modern era.

The building, located in the heart of a classified architectural complex (presbytery, mission cross, arcade houses), bears witness to the religious and social importance of Liverdun, a medieval fortified city. Its organ, the only work of Callinet in Lorraine still in original condition, and its ancient murals underline its heritage value. The protection of its furniture (1983-1984) reinforces its status as an iconic monument to the Great East.

The site, owned by the municipality, remains an active place of worship while offering a panorama of the Lorrain sacred art, from medieval stained glass windows to 19th-century dinanderies. Its dominant location, visible from Place de la Fontaine, makes it a major visual and historical landmark in the urban landscape of Liverdun.

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