Metz Tourism
Moselle (57)
Lorraine - Vosges
2 place d'Armes
B.P. 80367,
57007 METZ Cedex 1
Phone : 03 87 55 53 76
Fax : 03 87 36 59 43
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The city is famous for its yellow limestone architecture: la Pierre de Jaumont and for its nickname "The Green City" (25m2 - 270sqft of park/garden/playground per inhabitant)
The St Etienne cathedral in Metz, France was made in the 14th century by joining together two perpendicular churches : the nave of Saint-Etienne, built in the 13th century, was attached to the north side of an older Roman church.
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In the 15th century, a transept and a choir were added. This nave is the third highest in France.
Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz
Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de MetzThe stained glass windows were made by the master craftsmen Hermann de Munster and Valentin Bousch (14th and 16th century) and by the painters Marc Chagall and Roger Bissière (20th c.)
The list of famous sights in Metz also include:
- St-Pierre-aux-Nonnains - the oldest church in France, built between 380 and 395AD as a Roman gymnasium, and 'recycled' as a Christian church during the 7th century.
- Ste-Segolene church which dated back to 13th-14th century
- St-Martin church
- St-Vincente church
- St-Pierre-de-la-Citadelle
- St-Euchaire
- St-Maximin
- Ruins of city walls
- City gates: Porte Serpenoise, Porte des Allemands
- Jewish Cemetery
- Railway Station
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Wikipedia article
"Metz".
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