Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
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How it came to be
In 1737, after the War of the Polish Succession, the Duchy of Lorraine was given to Stanisław Leszczyński, the former King of Poland and father-in-law of Louis XV of France. He planned a square in Nancy to link the medieval old town with the new town built in the 17th century under Duke Charles III.
Work began in March 1752. The architect Emmanuel Héré set the town hall and the ducal government building facing each other, joined by the square, a triumphal arch and the tree-lined Place de la Carrière. A statue of Louis XV stood in the centre until the Revolution removed it, and the square was renamed Place du Peuple and later Place Napoléon.
A bronze statue of Stanisław was set up in 1831, and the square has been called Place Stanislas since then. From 1958 to 1983 it served as a car park. It was inscribed in 1983 and restored in 2004-2005 from the 18th-century plans.
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