Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle

Baccarat has twinning associations with:[9]

• Gernsbach (Germany) since 1962.

The commune has many sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Berthelon Gasworks at 28 Rue du 20e Bataillon (1909)[13] The Gasworks contains a Gas Meter (19th century) which is registered as an historical object.[14]
• The Société des Constructions Métalliques de Baccarat (Metalwork Factory) at 30 Rue du 20e Bataillon (1913)[15]
• The Hydro-electric Power Plant at Rue des Cristalleries (1927)[16]
• The Gasworks at 49 Rue des Cristalleries (1851)[17]
• The Chateau de la Cristallerie (now Museum) at 6 Rue des Cristalleries (1764)[18] was enlarged for Aimé d'Artigues (1778-1848), the recipient of the glassworks in 1816 by the addition of two lateral bodies in 1817. It was used as housing for the administrators of the crystal works from the middle the 19th century. Part of the ground floor has now been converted into a museum of Baccarat crystal products. The park was bisected by an open street in the 1st half of the 19th century and a part (located to the west of the orangery) was subdivided in the last years of the 19th century for the construction of the Workers' City. There are also some private archives.
• The Saint Anne Glassworks (now Cristallerie de Baccarat) at 6-49 Rue des Cristalleries (1764-1954)[19] The Glassworks contains a Stained glass panel depicting Glass workers (1992) which is registered as an historical object.[20]
• A Sawmill at 4a Rue de Humbépaire (19th century)[21]
• The Drouard et Berthault Lock and Metalwork Factory (now Société des Constructions Métalliques de Baccarat) at 10 Avenue de Lachapelle (1873)[22]
• The former Dairy Factory (now an Auto workshop) on Route de Merviller (1930)[23]
• The former Deneuvre Mill (now a Crystal Lapidary and Engraving Factory) on Rue du Moulin de Deneuvre (1836)[24]
• The Workers' City (1764-1892)[25]

An exhibition of Baccarat Glass at Petit Palais à Paris, November 2014

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  Champagne Glass 1890
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  A Baccarat Chandelier (1840) made for India

The Tower of Voués

Other sites of interest

• The Tower of Voués was the keep of the castle built in 1305 by Count Henry I to protect the serfs' houses. It measures 11.70 m in the North by 14.70 m in the East and its height is approximately 30 m. It was sold in 1332 by Henry III to Adhémar de Monteil (Bishop of Metz) who built a castle around which Baccarat would be built. The castle was demolished in the middle of the 17th century by Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine.
• The Town Hall in neo-Renaissance style was built in 1924 by architect Deville, inspired by Flemish houses. On the facade carved buttons represent the different skills of the crystal industry. The grand staircase is the work of Jean Prouvé. The entire building was completely renovated in 2004. The Town Hall contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • Framed Drawings (1947)[26]
  • Framed Paintings (19th-20th century)[27]
  • 4 Chandeliers and 6 Sconces of Baccarat crystal (1925)[28]
• The Haxo Building contains a Painting of a Forest Landscape which is registered as an historical object.[29]
• The Community Hall contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • 2 Chandeliers and 2 Sconces (1925)[30]
  • 2 Paintings: A Boar taken by a team of Mastiffs and The double blow (1886)[31]
• The Baccarat Museum at 2 Rue des Cristalleries
• An Arboretum and rose garden (Michaut Park - 7 hectares) behind the Hotel de Ville.
• The Crystal fountain roundabout between the Town Hall and St Rémy de Baccarat
• Fables de La Fontaine, made of stained glass windows in pink sandstone frames, are installed in different areas in the city.
• The Pôle Bijou

The Church of Saint-Rémy

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Chapel of Saint Anne at 6 Rue des Cristalleries (1775)[32] was intended for the use of glassworks staff. It was built as a church annexe for the Deneuvre parish in 1802 and currently it is used for summer exhibitions organized by the Baccarat factory.
• The Church of Saint-Rémy at Au Patis (1954)[33] was destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt in modern style. Built by the architect Nicolas Kazis, it is entirely built using the sign of the triangle - the symbol of the Holy Trinity. The bell tower of trihedral shape measures 55 metres in height and houses 3 bells. On each side of the choir two symmetrical groups represent the twelve Apostles, recognizable by their traditional attributes. Beautiful wrought iron furniture completes the church: two stoups with basins in baccarat, a chandelier, 2 separation grills in the transept, the Ambon, the Tabernacle with its and crystal panels, and a baptistery at the foot of the cross with a wooden Christ. There are two other statues in the lateral naves: Saint Remy and a Virgin and Child (Our Lady of the Offering) by François Brochet. The side aisles have sculptures of reconstituted stone and Baccarat crystal representing the 14 Stations of the Cross. A wonderful ceiling (the most beautiful of its kind in Europe) is composed of 130 laminated timber elements which weigh 19 tons. At the entrance of the church a pipe organ by Jacquot Lavergne was installed in the gallery in 1958 with 3 keyboards and pedals and 40 registers. The organ has 3,660 pipes. The church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Ciborium (No. 3) (19th century)[34]
  • 48 Stained glass windows: The Apostles and Calvary (1957)[35] The panels are composed of 4,000 glass tiles 2.5 cm thick cut into 20,000 small pieces of Baccarat crystal fitted in concrete. The colourful set uses over 150 colours which makes it unique in the world.

Other religious sites of interest

• The Chapel of Saint Christopher (12th century) has some statues.
• The Chapel of Saint Catherine (17th century)
• Chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance (19th century)
• Chapel of Our Lady of Humbépaire (1948) is illuminated by 20 stained glass panels by Gabriel Loire, a carillon of 6 Paccard bells is installed in the belfry.
• Remains of the Carmelite Convent (15th century)
• The Church of Saint Joseph of Badmenil was restored in 2012.

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  Chapel of Saint Anne
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  Chapel of Our Lady of Humbépaire
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  Chapel of Saint Catherine
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  Chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance
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  Church of Saint-Joseph of Badmenil

Baccarat Military Cemetery

The 20th Battalion of Foot Chasseurs were stationed in Baccarat from 1906 to 1918.

• The Fête du pâté lorrain (Festival of Lorraine pâté) is held on the second Sunday of September
• The Grand Carnival is held in March every second year
• Les Insolites (The Unusuals) is a discovery trail of contemporary works in Michaut Park from mid-June to the end of August
• The 'Festival International des Métiers d'art (International Festival of Crafts) (FIMA) is held every second year

• "Baccarat" , 'Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. II, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 194.