Emmanuel Héré de Corny (12 October 1705 – burial: 2 February 1763) was the court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński, Duke of Lorraine and former King of Poland at his capital of Nancy. Corny, who was born in Nancy, is famous for the harmonious suite of axial spaces he developed, extending from the

Place Stanislas Place Stanislas is a large pedestrianised square in the French city of Nancy, in the Lorraine historic region. Built between 1752 and 1756 on the orders of Stanisław Leszczyński, the square is one of oldest examples of an architecturally consis ...

to the ''Palais du Gouvernement''; the sequence is a prime example of eighteenth-century

urbanism Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment. It is a direct component of disciplines such as urban planning, which is the profession focusing on the physical design and m ...

. He died, aged 57, in

Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German, obsolete: ''Lünstadt'' ) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze. History Lun ...

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''Le Cicerone de Nancy. Nomenclature des rues avec leurs tenants et aboutissants. Indicateur du service des tramways et omnibus de Nancy et de la banlieue et des voitures publiques'', 1905 . Retrieved 19 December 2018.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Here De Corny, Emmanuel 1705 births 1763 deaths People from Nancy, France French Baroque architects 18th-century French architects Rococo architects Polish Baroque architects