Nancy

Nancy is a city of 104 thousand¹ located along the Meurthe River² in Meurthe-et-Moselle Department of the Lorraine Region in France. UNESCO honors three baroque squares by giving them together the status of a World Heritage Site. They are the Place (plaza) Stanislas with its Amphitrite Fountain, the Place de la Carrière and the Place d'Alliance. The tallest building is the Tour (tower) Thiers, a 28 story commerical building (1975).³

External references

Place (plaza) Stanislas in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle Department, Lorraine Region, France

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2010 in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communes_in_France_with_over_20,000_inhabitants, accessed 2/7/2015.
2. The Meurthe flows into the Moselle (Mosel), which flows into the Rhein (Rhin or Rhine). The canal from the Marne to the Rhin parallels this stretch of the river.
3. Emporis.com, accessed 4/10/2015. The site doesn't list the height for the cathedral, basilicas or churches.