Municipality of more than 6,600 inhabitants, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in the Grand Est region, Laneuveville-devant-Nancy takes place at the gates of Nancy and its famous Place Stanislas, on the banks of the Marne-Rhine canal. It is located not far from Jarville-la-Malgrange and Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.
Occupied since Gallo-Roman times, as evidenced by the discovery of Arentariae, an ancient city, during archaeological excavations, the town of Laneuveville-devant-Nancy was originally known for its important ceramic activity. Today, this city in eastern France benefits from the influence of its famous neighbor, revealing to its visitors an important architectural heritage.
Listed as a Historic Monument, Montaigu castle is one of the architectural and cultural gems of Laneuveville-devant-Nancy. Labeled Maison des Illustres, it now presents its visitors with the riches of the collections of Edouard and Suzanne Salin, its former owners. Built between the 17th and 18th centuries, it underwent several modifications thereafter, including the addition of two corner pavilions. Partly restored in the 1920s, following a fire, it unveils an interior decoration carried out in large part by Adrien Karbowsky. Labeled Musée de France, the site today unveils to its visitors a music room with oak panels from the Ecurey abbey, a dining room with solid lemon wood furniture and lounges beautifully decorated with paintings representing the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice or chinoiseries. One of the annex buildings now houses the iron history museum dedicated to iron and its derivatives, from the Middle Ages until the arrival of the blast furnaces. The site brings together more than 12,000 objects, as well as works of art, in addition to the metal archeology laboratory.
Built in the middle of the 18th century for the abbot of Bouzey, the castle of the abbot Bouzey is the object of a partial classification with the Historic buildings. This private property in neoclassical style has two sculptor angels on its facade, which overlooks the Meurthe.
While strolling in the town, do not miss to admire the castles and old manors, the Church of the Assumption with its 12th century tower, the Notre-Dame-de-Montaigu chapel from the 17th century, the church of Christ the King or the remains of the hermitage of Sainte-Valdrée. The latter notably has a 12th century chapel vaulted with 15th century ribs.
Listed as an historic monument, the old La Rochette paper mill was built in the 1910s before closing in the 1980s. The reinforced concrete buildings are still visible today.
