Place S. Epreve – P. Malval, Nancy

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❖Place S. Epreve – P. Malval, Nancy, France, 2011[open in full screen]

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Square is located in the middle of “ville vieille” [old town], Nancy’s historic centre. It was the main trading centre in the middle-ages where a main city market used to be.

Saint-Epreve basilica, which towers above the square was only built at the end of the 19th century, but it remains a beautiful masterpiece of Gothic architecture. It is praised by Viollet-le-Duc [famous French architect who renovated France’s most celebrated cathedrals].

We can easily say that Nancy is city of urban squares and it deserves special page with our impressionabout an area around four squares marked on our map bellow. By selecting a next square make a quick tour true them and then proceed to the whole big picture.

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sociability	10	ceremonial	x
uses & activities	9	religious	x
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comfort	10	residential	x
image	9	courtyard	x
tourist value	10	with park	x
total	58	street, shopping	x