The unostentatious Cordeliers church and its adjoining Franciscan monastery were founded respectively in 1487 and 1482 by Rene II. Still a place of worship, it also houses sculptures, religious paintings and funeral monuments including the Renaissance tomb of Rene II and the recumbant figure of his wife, Philippa de Gueldres, created by the sculptor Ligier Richier. The Dukes of Lorraine are buried in the adjoining circular-shaped chapel, modeled on the Medici Chapel in Florence. The passageway around the cloister contains sculptures from tombs and religious paintings, which opens on to the Musee Regional des Arts et Traditions Populaires (Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions).
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