Metz - City of lights

Visiting Metz, capital of Lorraine with 300,000 inhabitants,city of communication and new technologies, is also discovering a city with a bright past.

The museum of "la cour d-or"  The museums shelter vestiges of roman every-day life, difficulties during the barbarian invasions, merovingian jewellery, magnificent gothic paintworks on wooden ceilings and the chancel of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, known as the most beautiful set of sculpture from the High Middle-Ages in France.

St stephen’s cathedral  With its 42-meter-high nave, it is one of the highest in France. Sculptural, full of mystery and elegance, it boasts extraordinary stained-glass windows : its 6500 m2-surface stained-glass windows make the cathedral the most luminous one in France.

the imperial german district  This district was built at the beginning of this century around the central railway station, masterpiece of the architect Kröger (1905-1908), in a characteristic and contrasting style.

Architecture museum  Barbarian invasions, Merovingian and Carolingian culture...  The Architecture Museum shows civil and religious buildings in Metz from Middle-Ages to Renaissance.

Gallo-roman archaeology  Following this tour, you will discover the roman baths and the specificities of a roman province : the different aspects of every-day life, leisure, craft industry (pottery, glasswork,…) and commercial activities (salt,…), myths and religion. The master pieces of this collection are Jupiter Column and the altar dedicated to Mithra.

The fortifications  The defence of the city has always been a major concern : in turn, the Roman, the Republic of Metz, the French monarchy and the German Empire fortified the city...

metz by night  This district was built at the beginning of this century around the central railway station, masterpiece of the architect Kröger (1905-1908), in a characteristic and contrasting style.