Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle
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Baccarat is a commune
in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
department in north-eastern France
.
In 1764, King Louis XV
granted permission to the Bishop of Metz to establish a glassworks at Baccarat. The Baccarat crystalworks
are world-famous for their glass and crystal
artwork, and the Musée du Cristal, owned by the company, is Lorraine's biggest private museum.
The Church of Saint Rémy is notable for its artistic glass windows.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...
department in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Crystal
Louis XV of France
Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
granted permission to the Bishop of Metz to establish a glassworks at Baccarat. The Baccarat crystalworks
Baccarat (company)
Baccarat Crystal is a manufacturer of fine crystal glassware located in Baccarat, France. The company owns two museums: the Musée Baccarat in Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle and the Galerie-Musée Baccarat, on the Place des États-Unis in Paris...
are world-famous for their glass and crystal
Crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation is known as crystallography...
artwork, and the Musée du Cristal, owned by the company, is Lorraine's biggest private museum.
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