France, Meurthe et Moselle, Saint Nicolas de Port, Saint Nicolas de Port basilica built at the begining of the 16th century after the victory of Duke

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France, Meurthe et Moselle, Saint Nicolas de Port, Saint Nicolas de Port basilica built at the begining of the 16th century after the victory of Duke Rene the Second over Charles le Temeraire at the battle of Nancy thanks to the intercession of Saint Nicolas uprighted patron saint of the Lorraine region, national shrine of the inhabitants of Lorraine. In the foreground statue of Saint Nicolas resurrecting the three children, in the background stained glass window of Saint Roch Saint Sebastien chapel in which the top of the windows as well as Saint Philomene were made in 1850 by Napoleon Rives and Desire Laurent, Saint Henri from Bamberg, emperor of Germany holding a scale model of a church may come from a workshop from Nuremberg made between 1508 and 1510 and may well be located in its original position

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Photo credit: © Bertrand Gardel / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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