Church of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours

Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Church is a church that was built from 1738 until 1741. The Church of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours is a noteworthy church situated in Nancy, France. It used to be the resting place of the Polish king Stanis?aw I Leszczy?ski, who was the last Duke of Lorraine.The Baroque facade of the church of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours houses an interior that is richly decorated with sculpted confessionals in the Louis XV style, gates by Jean Lamour and a rocaille pulpit.

When the Battle of Nancy came to an end, thousands of corpses were buried in a vast ditch near the Jarville stream.The sanctuary, named Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours by the Duke, was sometimes called the Church of Our Lady of Victory and the Kings. In 1484, a priest obtained Duke René II’s permission to build a chapel and a hermitage there.