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Porte Saint-Georges de Nancy en Meurthe-et-Moselle

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine urbain
Porte
Meurthe-et-Moselle

Porte Saint-Georges de Nancy

    Place du Colonel-Driant
    54100 Nancy
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Crédit photo : Pedro J Pacheco - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Antiquité
Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
0
100
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1795 (an III)
Meurth Gate
1608
Statue of St. George
Début XVIIe siècle
Construction of the door
1790-1792
Federation Gate
1878
Backup by Émile Gallé
17 mars 1879
Historical monument classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

La Porte: classification by decree of 17 March 1879 and by decree of 31 August 1883

Key figures

Florent Drouin - Lorrain sculptor Author of the statue of Saint George (1608).
Jean Richier - Sculptor Creator of allegories of war and peace.
Émile Gallé - Verrier and heritage activist Founded the safeguard committee in 1878.
Victor Hugo - Engaged writer Public support for preservation of the monument.

Origin and history

The Porte Saint-Georges is a monumental gate built in the early 17th century east of Nancy's new town. It is one of the three gates erected during urban expansion, marking a major axis of communication between Saint-Jean and Saint-Georges streets. Its facade, a Tuscan order influenced by Jean-Baptiste Stabili, is surmounted by a pediment crowned by an equestrian statue of St George, carved in 1608 by Florent Drouin, a Lorrain artist. On both sides, allegories of war and peace, works by Jean Richier, frame the composition, while traces of Lorraine's weapons, now mutilated, remain at the base of the pediment.

During the French Revolution, the door was renamed "Porte de la Fédération" (1790-1792), then "Porte de la Meurthe" from 1795, reflecting the political upheavals of the time. Threatened by destruction at the end of the 19th century when the hippomobile tram was built, it was saved in 1878 thanks to the intervention of a safeguard committee led by Émile Gallé, glassmaker of the École de Nancy. Victor Hugo, attached to the city by his family background, publicly supported its preservation, calling the monument "admirable". Ranked a historic monument by decree of 17 March 1879 and 31 August 1883, it now embodies a major architectural and symbolic heritage of Nancy.

The counterfacade, sober and Renaissance style, contrasts with the decorative richness of the main facade. The Saint-Georges Gate, located at the western end of 20th Corps Avenue, near Colonel Driant Square, remains a testament to the urban ambitions of 17th-century Lorraine. His iconography, mixing St George's terrorizing the dragon and peaceful allegories, illustrates the tensions between military protection and the aspiration for peace, characteristic of modern times. The safeguard committee, by obtaining its ranking, allowed to perpetuate this dual heritage, both Lorrain and revolutionary.

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