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. Recumbent stone image of the deceased Simon Moycet in Simon Moycet chapel made by sculptor Victor Huel in 1893


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Location: Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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