Emmanuel Héré de Corny

Emmanuel Héré de Corny (French pronunciation: [emanɥɛl eʁe də kɔʁni]; 12 October 1705 – burial: 2 February 1763) was the court architect to Stanisław Leszczyński, Duke of Lorraine and former King of Poland at his capital of Nancy.

[1] Corny, who was born in Nancy, is famous for the harmonious suite of axial spaces he developed, extending from the Place Stanislas to the Palais du Gouvernement;[2] the sequence is a prime example of eighteenth-century urbanism.

[3] He died, aged 57, in Lunéville.

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