castlesandmedievals:Château de Lunéville The Château de Lunéville which ha

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Château de Lunéville

TheChâteau de Lunéville which had belonged to the Dukes of Lorraine since the thirteenth century, was rebuilt as “the Versailles of Lorraine” by Duke Léopold from 1703 to 1723, from designs of Pierre Bourdict and Nicolas Dorbay and then of the architect Germain Boffrand, whose masterwork it became. It became the home of King Stanisław Leszczyński, last duke of LorraineandBar.

Lunéville was listed as a Monument historique in 1901 and by successive ordinances;^[1] its princely apartments are looked after by the Ministry of Defense while the structure is the responsibility of the Conseil départemental de Meurthe-et-Moselle.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Lun%C3%A9ville