Essey-lès-Nancy

Listed historical monument, the church Saint-Georges takes place on the Butte Sainte-Geneviève, an ancient fortified prehistoric site. Built from the tenth century, this building in particular reveals a Gothic nave bedside of the sixteenth century and a tower of origin raised in the fifteenth. Full of charm, the church also reveals in its interior a marble altar of the eighteenth century, an organ registered historic monument for its buffet or beautiful bells of the late nineteenth century.

More recently, the St. Pius X Church 1960 has for its stained glass windows boasting a listing in General Inventory of Cultural Heritage.

Walking through the small town, you can also explore the High Castle, a building rebuilt in the eighteenth century in an elegant Renaissance style. Bought by the town, it now houses meeting rooms and exhibition and its garden was transformed into a leisure park. Lower Castle has meanwhile been transformed into a retirement home in the nineteenth century.

Listed historic monument, the Sainte-Geneviève hill hosts a prehistoric site of the Iron Age. The place is surrounded by natural cliffs and walls and is accessible to the public.

• The weekly market is held every Saturday morning.
• In February, up to the Tet holiday and its festivities.
• In May takes place Essey Singing and various concerts and varied.
• A flea market is held in September.
• A traditional Christmas market is proposed in December, and a parade of St. Nicolas and a light show.