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In September 1914, Lorraine went down in the history of the First World War for the central role it played in the Battle of the Grand Couronné. The main fighting was concentrated around the town of Nancy, and one of the villages taken by storm was Amance, just a few kilometres to the north.

The special feature of this village is the extraordinary view over the surrounding area, more than ten kilometres away. From the top of this ancient feudal mound, Amance witnessed the construction of the city of Nancy around the middle of the 11th century.

From all the history that Amance has known, it retains the cachet of an old French village, in the architecture of its buildings and the layout of its streets, with the church at its centre. Take a stroll through Amance and stop for a moment at the foot of the church, under the Cedar of Lebanon, and take a break!

Then enter the church... It retains some traces of the Romanesque period, notably the base of the bell tower. The dominant style remains 15th-century Gothic, which combines large interior spaces with the beginnings of large glass openings. The bombings of 1914 mainly damaged the choir, the stained glass windows and the vaults of the nave. War damage and classification as a Historic Monument in 1919 enabled the building to be quickly and completely rebuilt.

An association (Brise dans le clocher) was set up to support the commune in its restoration projects and to keep the building open for worship and other cultural events, while respecting the site.

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