Immeuble Bergeret, Art Nouveau private mansion in Nancy, France
Immeuble Bergeret is a private Art Nouveau mansion in Nancy built between 1903 and 1905. The residence features elaborate ironwork on its facades, decorative stained glass windows, and refined architectural details throughout its interior and exterior spaces.
Wealthy printer Albert Bergeret commissioned architect Lucien Weissenburger to build this private residence as his personal home. The house was created during Nancy's thriving Art Nouveau period, reflecting the artistic influence of the city's design movement.
The mansion showcases the work of craftspeople from the Nancy School, whose skills in metalwork and glassmaking shaped every room. Visitors can observe how local artisans wove their Art Nouveau style into the home's decoration.
The house is located on Rue Lionnois and is now occupied by the University of Lorraine. Access is typically available during special heritage events or guided tours organized by the city's cultural programs.
The unifying decorative theme is the monnaie-du-pape, a stylised plant motif carried through the ironwork, which is more structured than that of the Villa Majorelle. Majorelle's gate grilles, now gone, bore the same motif; the surviving fence was moved to Ménil-Flin. In 2012 scenes of the film L'Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps were shot here and at the Villa Majorelle.
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