Bar's aristocratic quarter, with the rue des Ducs de Bar running across it, has light-coloured stone mansions, their façades decorated with statues, trophies and gargoyles; behind them are often stately residences with courtyards and outbuildings.

In the 16C, this street became one of the most elegant in Bar-le-Duc, which is echoed by the rich façades of nos 42, 46, 49 and 51. At no 26, the façade of the Maison des Deux-Barbeaux (1618) is decorated with the busts of ladies and mermaids. On the..

This was the idea of Gilles de Trèves, the dean of Saint-Maxe's collegiate church when he founded this college with his own money: he wanted to prevent the young nobles of Bar from leaving to study in universities suspected of lending an indulgent ea..

Visitors should not miss the Christ on the Cross by Ligier Richier in the nave and, in the South transept chapel, a bas-relief dating from the late 15C, representing the Immaculate Conception.

The face of the 14C clock has been restored to its original state.

The archeological collections, ranging from the Bronze Age to the Merovingians, include the Gallo-Roman statue of the mother goddess of Naix-aux-Forges and Merovingian jewellery discovered in the Gondrecourt metropolis. French and Flemish paintings (..

The view is superb, from the Marbot industrial area to the hillside running along the River Ornain.

These can be seen from the gateway entrance to no 3 (the building with a badly damaged Baroque façade). These walled arcades were part of the 13C marketplace, destroyed by fire in 1788.

A fine set of golden stone façades: at no 41, two friezes, decorated with military themes; at no 47, which has conserved its gargoyles, the post-war writer, Georges Bernanos wrote one of his books; no 53 has a door framed by a sculpted arch; at no ..

Dominated by the elegant façade of église St Pierre (St Peter's church), the square is lined with fine old houses: at no 25, a medieval, half-timbered house with a corbelled balcony; at no 21 the hôtel de Florainville (the Court of Justice) with its ..

Ligier Richier's Transi in the right-hand transept is a must. Another work by the same sculptor, the Calvaire (the Calvary) is behind the altar. In the left-hand transept, a 14C statue of Notre-Dame-du-Guet is revered by the local people: like ..

Set in the south transept of St-Etienne Church, this famous statue by Ligier Richier depicts the Prince of Orange, René de Chalon, who was killed during the siege of St-Dizier in 1544. The powerful work was commissioned by his wife, who asked the scu..

In the middle of a large park, previously owned by the Varin-Bernier banking family, was General Pétain's headquarters during the First World War.