Thursday, October 15, 2015

Nancy

Received from: France
Category: Klub Polki na Obczyźnie
Date: October 2015
The Place Stanislas, known colloquially as the place Stan', is a large pedestrianized square in Nancy, Lorraine, France. Since 1983, the architectural ensemble comprising the Place Stanislas, the extension of its axis, the Place de la Carrière, and the Place d'Alliance, has been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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  1. And it is called Stanoslas Square because of the Polish ex-king Stanislaw Leszczynski, who became the father in law of Louis XV (and the Duc de Lorraine). He made a lot of good things for Nancy and even now he is stil loved by the inhabitants of Lorraine

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