Ville Vieille - Léopold
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Ville-Vieille - Léopold | |
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| Coordinates: 48°41′42″N 6°10′42″E / 48.69500°N 6.17833°E | |
| Country |  France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| City | Nancy |
Ville Vieille - Léopold is an administrative region containing the oldest part of the city of Nancy.
Location[edit]
The vieille ville (old town) is bordered by the porte de la Craffe in the north, and is crossed by the Grande-Rue from north to south. The quarter is adjacent to the nouveau centre-ville (new downtown). The northern end of place Stanislas marks its southern limit with that of the ville-neuve (new town).
Composition[edit]
This neighborhood is composed of the old town, as well as the adjacent quarter in the direction of the cours Léopold. It contains the Pépinière park, and place de la Carrière..[1]
The entire neighborhood is part of the Nancy historic sector and contains one of three locations registered as UNESCO world heritage sites.[2]
Several very old roads of the old town let out on the cours Léopold, such as the rue du Haut-Bourgeois and the rue de la Monnaie. In 1778, the cours Léopold, a long square extended by place Carnot, was created on the site of the rampart ditches of the old town.[3]
Places and Events[edit]
- Place Carnot
- Cours Léopold
- Faculté de Droit de Nancy (Université de Nancy 2)
- Palais du Gouvernement
- Conservatoire régional de musique
In summer this neighborhood welcomes the foire attractive (The most well known of the Grand Est fairs[4]), as well as the music festival "Nancy Jazz Pulsations"[5]
Notes and References[edit]
- ^ "Nancy Old Town: the capital of the Dukes of Lorraine". French Moments. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ Nancy, Ville de. "La place Stanislas et l'ensemble UNESCO, patrimoine mondial de l'Humanité". Site Internet de la Ville de Nancy (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ^ Dictionnaire des rues de Nancy, Editions Jean-Marie Cuny - Jean de Cousance Editeur, 2001, ISBN 2-908141-07-8 P.148.
- ^ "Grand Est - Loisirs. Nancy, championne de France des foires de centre-ville". www.estrepublicain.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-05.
- ^ "Nancy Jazz Pulsations". www.nancyjazzpulsations.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-28.