European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A City of style Art and Good eating continued from Pago j plenty More to see including ironwork by craftsman Jean Lamour and a pair of ornate fountains dedicated to Neptune and to amphitrite goddess of the sea. Built to hide the View of the old City Wall the fountains Are also a study in fiscal fickleness Stanislas had them made of Lead to save Money then had craftsmen add thousands of flakes of Gold to liven them up. Stanislas medical school is now the Musee Des beaux arts and contains a respectable collection of Trench and italian masters and a gallery dedicated top to re Vorro the hand worked Glass for which Lorraine is famous. Today his guest House is the venerable grand hotel owned by the Baittinger Champagne family and restored to its 18th-Century splendor. The rest of Here s buildings hold such banalities As the tourist office and a Bank although the Square also offers a statue of Stanislas erected in 1830 or so that replaces a tribute to Louis ripped Down during the revolution. Nancy has other sights including its 14th-Century Gate the oldest Structure in town and the flamboyantly gothic Ducal Palace now a museum devoted to the history of Lorraine. The old town Palace from which Field marshal Ferdinand Foch directed the first campaigns of world War i is now owned by the French army. Stanislas who eventually became known in Lorraine Asle Bio Faisant the Man who makes Good is buried in the Church of our lady of Refuge built by Here around 1740. Nancy also offers the fanciful St. Evre a Neo gothic Cathedral built in 1870 and therefore something of a fake and the baroque Church of Saint Sebastien patterned after the St. Agnes Chapel in Rome. Americans can find some of their own history As Well. The first . Troops killed in world War i died in Lorraine and american soldiers treed Nancy during world War ii a historical footnote that has not been forgotten Here. On the flip Side there s an Arch commemorating Nancy residents who fought for the american colonists at Yorktown. Lorraine is also Rich in culinary history making a visit to any of Nancy s 250 restaurants a worthwhile event. Juii he Lorraino is the Region s most famous and overdone local dish but Don t ignore Potto Lorraino a tasty concoction of boiled beef cabbage and sausage usually served with spiced Mustard and coarse Salt. There Are also assorted pates and terrines usually made from regional pork or Duck and Freshwater fish from the nearby Moselle and Murthe Rivers. Nancy prick s itself most on its desserts though inc hiding macaroons a invented by Nancy nuns in the llah c entry and Glare Plom bibles a mix of Almond in e c Ream and Apricot sauce e dreamed up Lor a visit by Napoleon. There s also rum in in a potent Almond Raisin cake that is Savici to have been invented by Stanislas himself. As the legend goes the Lormer polish ruler found his c Continuo a on  b the Excelsior restaurant built in the Art Nouveau style is Worth the Stop just to look. A Gazebo looks out into the City Park whih and Ort Vega Dens Smill too w Muse men rides 4 stripes Magazine january 23, 1992