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Origin and history

The house of the director of the blast furnaces of Peace was built in 1899 by the Society of the High Foods of Peace to serve as a residence for its director. This rectangular building consists of an elevated ground floor, a square floor and a level of attic. Its architecture is distinguished by a main body flanked by a polygonal winter garden and a L service building, topped by a terrace. The main façade features an 18th-century sculpted decoration, including false chains of angle, an awning supported by ionic columns decorated with fruit garlands, and a modillon cornice.

The interiors have retained many original elements, such as marked parquet floors, woodwork in the library and vestibule, as well as door handles and locks from the time. The surrounding park, which is still equipped with a river, an artificial cave and a kiosk. The outbuildings, built in wooden strips, display a vernacular style, adding a picturesque dimension to the ensemble.

Classified as a Historic Monument, the house and its park, including its fences and retaining walls, were registered by order of 19 July 2013. Today owned by the town of Nilvange, this site bears witness to the importance of the steel industry in the region at the hinge of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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