Stanislaw Square

Stanislaw Square is the central place in the former capital of Lorraine, Nancy.

Its total area is 124 by 125 meters. The square was built in 1752-1755 in the late Baroque style. The initiator was the last Duke of Lorraine Stanislav Leszczynski. The author of the project was the famous architect Emmanuel Ere.

Stanislav Square is part of a single urban ensemble. Along the perimeter of the square, magnificent colonnades in the form of a semicircle and a triumphal arch were erected. Additional decoration are elegant gilded lattice structures, small fountains, racks-lanterns. These remarkable monuments were poured in the workshop of Jean Lamour. The central place on the square belongs to the monument to Stanislav Leschinsky.