Place Stanislas
A pedestrian square laid out between 1752 and 1756 for Stanislaus, the former King of Poland who became Duke of Lorraine. Pale stone palaces line its sides and gilded wrought iron gates and fountains fill its corners, an early example of a fully planned monumental square.
- Where
- Nancy, Grand Est, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.6936, 6.1833
Get the Place Stanislas stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Place Stanislas. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Grand Est volume with your photos and a note.
Near Place Stanislas
Douaumont Ossuary 80 km
A long stone memorial on the Verdun battlefield holding the remains of unidentified soldiers who fell in the Battle of Verdun, French and German alike. Its central tower looks over the national cemetery of Fleury-devant-Douaumont, where thousands of white crosses run down the slope.
Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle 99 km
A sandstone castle on a rocky spur of the Vosges, looking out over the Upper Rhine Plain. Abandoned after the Thirty Years' War, it was rebuilt between 1900 and 1908 for the German Kaiser Wilhelm II as a showpiece of the Middle Ages.
Unterlinden Museum 110 km
A museum in a 13th century Dominican convent in Colmar, joined to a former public baths built in 1906. Its great treasure is the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald, with its harrowing Crucifixion, and it is the most visited museum in Alsace.
Notre-Dame du Haut 115 km
A hilltop chapel by Le Corbusier, built in 1955, with a curving concrete roof like an upturned hull and thick white walls pierced by small coloured windows. It is still a working chapel, and is listed by UNESCO among the architect's major works.
Strasbourg Cathedral 116 km
A pink sandstone cathedral begun in 1015 and finished in 1439, which was the tallest building in the world for over two centuries. Only one of its two planned spires was built, giving the west front its lopsided look, and inside stands a famous astronomical clock.
Citadel of Besançon 163 km
A 17th century fortress by Vauban covering 11 hectares on Mount Saint-Etienne, on the neck of land where the river Doubs loops around the old town. Its ramparts look over the city, and inside are museums and a small zoo.
Basel Minster 164 km
A red sandstone church with twin towers and a patterned tiled roof, standing above the Rhine in the old town. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral and now a Reformed church, it holds the tomb of the scholar Erasmus.
Fondation Beyeler 164 km
An art museum in a park at Riehen on the edge of Basel, built by Renzo Piano to house the collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler. It shows modern and older art and stages major exhibitions, and in 2016 was the most visited art museum in Switzerland.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Grand Est
Questions
Where is Place Stanislas?
Place Stanislas is in Nancy, Grand Est, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Douaumont Ossuary (80 km), Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle (99 km), Unterlinden Museum (110 km).
How do I get the Place Stanislas stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Place Stanislas and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Grand Est volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Place Stanislas before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Grand Est volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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