European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                France a View of Nancy s arc Detriomphe from the statue of Stanislas Leczinski that stands in the Center of the Square named for him. Elegant City charms visitors with walk through history by Steve scholar staff writer the cobblestones that make up the Grande Rue in Nancy France Are eroded from 1,000 years of use. They Are pitted and gouged from the constant Wear of Wagon wheels Carriage wheels and finally automobile wheels. Although automobiles now seemingly Fly Down the old Road the Sand and dirt kicked into pedestrian s eyes Are timeless. Much of the City looks As it did when noblemen came calling at the Ducal Palace and on a quiet starry night the ghost of Stanislas Leczinski might be seen crossing the town Square that was eventually named for him. Those looking to get the most bang out of their travel Buck ought to consider Nancy France with its coloured and storied past. Really four cities in one and considered a tourist Sleeper by Many Nancy s 10 centuries of history is considered merely a drop in the bucket of time by european standards but the City feels old and almost begs to be explored. The areas of development in Nancy which is just a two hour drive from Kaiserslautern Germany Are evident to those who take the time to search for them Nancy expanded from the medieval old City to the new City of the Renaissance period to the Royal City of the 18th Century to the modern cities of the 19th and 20th centuries. Without a doubt the Grande Rue in the old City is the place to Start a visit. It is on this Street that noblemen first came to Call on the duchy of Lorraine and the Street is pocked with a labyrinth of paths alleyways and courtyards that escape off it. If you enter the old City from the South through the Porte de la Craffe built in 1463, you la walk through a Stone Gateway that houses Steps leading Down to catacombs that hold now silent prisons and torture Chambers. Now an Annex of Nancy s extensive Lorraine historical museum the exhibits in the prison and torture Chambers Are closed in the Winter but visitors can explore the old stockade during the warmer months. If you continue northward Down Grande Rue to no. 64, the Ducal Palace looms into View. Built in 1512, the Palace was the seat of the duchy of Lorraine and the princes of the court. It now houses the main portion of Emmanuel we re is the architect who designed place Stanislas. Architects 1765 stripes Magazine a Briary 10, 1994