Château de Lunéville

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The Château de Lunéville is an 18th-century French Baroque palace in northeastern France, often called the "Versailles of Lorraine" for its grand architecture and historical role as a ducal residence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf château
historic monument
palace
architect Germain Boffrand NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle French Baroque NERFINISHED
Rococo
architecturalType ducal residence
category Baroque palaces in France
Châteaux in Meurthe-et-Moselle
Historic house museums in France
commissionedBy Leopold, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED
constructionEnd early 1720s
constructionStart 1700
country France
currentUse cultural venue
museum spaces
tourist attraction
era Ancien Régime
formerFunction ducal residence of Lorraine
formerOwner Dukes of Lorraine NERFINISHED
hasPart chapel
cour d'honneur
formal gardens
park
pavilions
heritageDesignation Monument historique NERFINISHED
heritageDesignationAppliesToPart château and park
heritageDesignationCountry France
inception early 18th century
influencedBy Palace of Versailles NERFINISHED
locatedIn Lunéville NERFINISHED
locatedInDepartment Meurthe-et-Moselle NERFINISHED
locatedInPartOf northeastern France
locatedInRegion Grand Est NERFINISHED
Lorraine NERFINISHED
managedBy Conseil départemental de Meurthe-et-Moselle NERFINISHED
nickname Versailles of Lorraine NERFINISHED
notableFeature French formal garden layout
ornamental water features
symmetrical Baroque façade
notableResident Françoise de Graffigny NERFINISHED
Leopold, Duke of Lorraine NERFINISHED
Stanisław Leszczyński NERFINISHED
openToPublic yes
ownedBy French state NERFINISHED
restorationAfter 2003 fire
significantEvent Treaty of Lunéville (1801) signed in Lunéville NERFINISHED
major fire in 2003
usedAs residence of Stanisław Leszczyński, former king of Poland

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Lunéville knownFor Château de Lunéville
Lunéville hasLandmark Château de Lunéville
Germain Boffrand notableWork Château de Lunéville
this entity surface form: Château de Lunéville (works for the Duke of Lorraine)
Leopold I, Duke of Lorraine residence Château de Lunéville
this entity surface form: Lunéville Castle