Nancy

The Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance were added on the World Heritage Sites list by the UNESCO in 1983.

Nancy was the birthplace of:

• Antoine Drouot (1774-1847), one of Napoleon's generals
• Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896), author, critic, publisher, founder of the Académie Goncourt[?]
• Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995), noted as the inventor of musique concrete

The N ray, which turned out to be a figment of Blondlot's imagination, was named for Nancy.

Colleges and Universities

• École nationale des beaux-arts de Nancy
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy[?]