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Ancien manège des Gendarmes rouges ou manège de la Barollière

Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'ancien manège en totalité (cad. AM 526) : inscription par arrêté du 8 février 2006
Protection dates
2006/02/08 : inscrit MH
Type
manège
Main period of construction
4e quart 18e siècle
Dates
1787
Architect or builder
Lecreulx François-Michel (architecte), Pierson (entrepreneur), André (entrepreneur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue de La-Barollière
Commune
Lunéville
Département
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
48.59868, 6.48655
Mérimée reference
PA54000070

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1756 map "Lorraine, Barrois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Après le rattachement de la Lorraine à la France, Louis XV installe à Lunéville la gendarmerie de France. Dans le quartier des Carmes, un manège est construit en 1787, sur les plans de François-Michel Lecreulx. Dès l'année suivante, ce corps d'élite, jugé trop onéreux, est dissous. Mesurant 96m sur 26, ce manège est réputé être le plus vaste d'Europe. La charpente en bois d'origine a été remplacée en 1903 par une charpente métallique due à la Grande Chaudronnerie lorraine.

English translation

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After the attachment of Lorraine to France, Louis XV installed the French gendarmerie at Lunéville. In the district of the Carmes, a riding school was built in 1787, according to plans by François-Michel Lecreulx. From the following year, this elite corps, judged too costly, was dissolved. Measuring 96m by 26, this riding school is reputed to be the largest in Europe. The original wooden roof structure was replaced in 1903 by a metal roof structure designed by the Grande Chaudronnerie lorraine.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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