Discover the meurthe et moselle department

Meurthe et moselle welcomes you and proposes you its towns, cities and tourist sites.

Nancy, a museum city  Ducal city of XIIIe at the XVIIIe century, of Rene II at Stanislas, capital of an independent State until 1766, frontier town between 1871 and 1914, center of the Art nouveau at the end of last century, the history of Nancy rich and is animated. The city turned the page of the crisis industrial of years 70/80 and assumed its economic change. In 100 kilometers of Germany, of Belgium and Luxembourg, Nancy is naturally open in Europe, position which will be reinforced by the nearest startup of the TGV Is European, in 2006. Great projects reorganize the city: a new district, Stanislas-Meurthe, a coherent plan of transport and displacements, the nearest startup of the first line of tram, the district parks restructured, the development of cycle tracks, the development of Meurthe, the arrival of new companies to high technological value, the creation of the Glass pole of Excellence and the future regional pole of the Current Musics. To discover!!!

Discover baccarat  To date, one does not know yet with exactitude from which the name comes from Baccarat. Several assumptions are allowed:  Baccarat would quite simply indicate the vat (or bridge) over the Meurthe. Abbreviation of Bacchi-ara (furnace bridge of Bachus) given to the Roman castellum called nowadays tower of Bacha*.  *It is still visible on the heights of Deneuvre. On the rock of Danweren, the Romans built a castellum made up of a square tower of 12 side m including/understanding 2 stages with walls of 1 m thickness.

Discover longuyon  Since many years, the caravans going from Trier to Rheims, crossed two modest rivers, Chiers and Crusnes, with their confluence, and this LONGA-GUADA (the Length-Ford) was a significant point supervised by a small troop of Roman légionaries, charged with dissuading the brigands to attack the commercial rich person on a journey. Such is the origin of LONGUYON.

Invitation to the longwy country  Longwy belongs to the Triangle of Fire: The fire of enamels: the first faience manufacture settles in 1798. Since, the notoriety of enamels of Longwy does not cease growing. Five faience manufactures continue the production of enamels. With the passing of years, the Eastern influences allowed the diversity of the decorations. The municipal museum of enamels shows you some of most beautiful parts the. The fire of the guns: the frontier geographical situation of the Country of Longwy explains the military role which was reserved to him since its origins. Longwy is one of the nine strengthened cities built by Vauban ex nihilo (from nothing). It was besieged four times: 1792, 1815, 1871 and 1914 until its downgrading in 1923. Close to Longuyon, the Fort of Fermont belongs to the line Maginot, it was built in 1931. The fire of the iron and steel industry: one can consider that the era of the steel, which made in one century the richness of the country, has for birth certificate 1880 (during discovered “basic converter process” concerning the manufacture of steel) and as a cradle the Steel-works of Longwy. The first impulse had been given by the installation of the railroad in 1848 and the construction of lines connecting to us with Belgium and Luxembourg. The economic crisis alas striped landscape all the industrial structures. There remains however some witnesses of the time and particularly the Large Offices with Mount-Saint-Martin which conceal treasures such as the Majorelle Stained glasses.