List_of_historic_sites_in_Metz,_France

List of historic sites in Metz, France

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The following table presents an incomplete list of monuments classified monument historique in the city of Metz, capital of the French region of Lorraine and prefecture of the department of Moselle.^[1]

List of the Historic Monuments in Metz

Religious Monuments

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Monument	Current Use	Address	Period	Year of Classification	Notes	Reference
Saint-Arnulf Abbey of Metz	Circle Officer	Aux-Ours and Poncelet Streets	16th century	1986	Ancient imperial necropolis of the family of Emperor Charlemagne. Displays a polychromatic Pietà from the 16th century.	^[2]
Saint-Clement Abbey of Metz	Lorraine Region Parliament	Pontiffroy Street	17th century	1972		^[3]
Sainte-Glossinde Abbey of Metz	Episcopal Palace	Sainte-Glossinde Square	18th century	1978		^[4]
Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains Basilica of Metz	Exhibition venue (see: Metz Arsenal)	Esplanade Garden	4th century	1909	Once a Roman spa, it is the oldest church in France and one of the oldest in Europe and in the world.	^[5]
Saint-Stephen Cathedral	Cathedral	John Paul II Square	13th century	1930	Largest expanse of stained glass windows in the world and tenth highest nave in the world. Displays stained glass windows of Hermann von Münster, Laurent-Charles Maréchal, Valentin Bousch, Marc Chagall, Roger Bissière, and Jacques Villon	^[6]
Mercy Chapel	Chapel	Street of the Chèvre	12th century	1968		^[7]
Templars' Chapel	Exhibition venue (see: Metz Arsenal)	Esplanade Garden	12th century	1840	Once part of the Templar commandery of Metz, the oldest Templar institution of the Holy Roman Empire.	^[8]
Petit-Saint-Jean Chapel	Ruins	Vincentrue Street	13th century	1973		^[9]
Saint-Genest Chapel	Chapel	En-Jurue	12th century	1929	Edifice adjacent to the house where François Rabelais lived in Metz	^[10]
East Cemetery	Cemetery	Strasbourg Avenue	19th century	2003	Catholic necropolis	^[11]
Saint-Clement Church	Lorraine Parliament	Gabriel-Hocquard Square	16th century	1992		^[12]
Saint-Sauveur Collegiate	Ruins	Petit-Paris Street	15th century	1929		^[13]
Recollets Convent of Metz	Municipal Archives	Recollets and Abbé-Risse Streets	14th century	1972		^[14]
Carmelites Convent of Metz	Jazz Concert Venue	Trinitarians' Impasse	13th century	1930		^[15]
Grands-Carmes Church	Ruins	Marchant Street	14th century	1929		^[16]
Trinitarian Church of Metz	Museums of Metz	Trinitarians' Street	18th century	1973		^[17]
Notre-Dame Church of Metz	Church	Goat's Street	17th century	1968	Displays a rare complete set of 21 stained glass windows of Laurent-Charles Maréchal.	^[18]
Sainte-Lucie Church of Metz	Church	Jean-Pierre-Jean Street	11th century	1991		^[19]
Sainte-Ségolène Church of Metz	Church	Joan of Arc Square	13th century	1981		^[20]
Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus Church of Metz	Church	Verdun Street	20th century	1998	Built by architect Roger-Henri Expert, displays stained glass windows by Nicolas Untersteller.	^[21]
Saint-Étienne-le-Dépenné Church of Metz	Private Edifice	Gaudrée Street	14th century	1928		^[22]
Saint-Eucaire Church of Metz	Church	Germans' Street	12th century	1979		^[23]
Saint-Martin Church of Metz	Church	Lasalle Street	12th century	1925		^[24]
Saint-Maximin Church of Metz	Church	Mazelle Street	12th century	1923	Displays stained glass windows of Jean Cocteau.	^[25]
Saint-Simon-Saint-Jude Church of Metz	Church	France's Square	18th century	1989	Near the launching site of the first airmail carrier.	^[26]
Saint-Vincent Abbey of Metz	Basilica, High School, and Tourist Attraction	Saint-Vincent Square	10th century	1930		^[27]
Protestant New Temple	Church	Comedy's Square	20th century	1930	Temple Neuf	^[28]
Synagogue of Metz	Synagogue	Rabbin-Elie-Bloch Street	19th century	1984	Displays interesting sculpted Torah ark and designed Parochet.	^[29]

Civil Monuments

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Monument	Current Use	Address	Period	Year of Classification	Notes	Reference
Antonist Granary	Medical Center	Piques Street	14th century	1930		^[40]
Coislin Fountain	Ornament	Coislin Street	18th century	1929		^[41]
Chèvremont Granary	Museums of Metz	Chèvremont Street	13th century	1924		^[42]
Saint-Nicolas Fountain	Ornament	Saint-Nicolas Square	18th century	1929		^[43]
Gargan Private House	House	En-Nexirue	15th century	1929
Bulette Private House	House	Sainte-Croix Square	14th century	1931		^[44]
Sainte-Croix Fountain	House	Walls' and Hell Streets	18th century	1929		^[45]
Malta Private House	Ornament	Sainte-Croix Square	13th century	1989		^[46]
Town Square	Public Place	Place d'Armes	18th century	1948	Built on the place of the ancient Palace of the Republic of Metz. Work of the Royal architect Jacques-François Blondel in order built in Metz a modern square in a context of the Enlightenment.	^[47]
Burtaigne Private House	Housing	Charrons' Square	16th century	2006		^[48]
Saint-Livier Private House	Exhibition venue and museum	Trinitarians' Street	12th century	1939	The oldest civilian edifice of the city, today the Contemporary Art Deposit of the Lorraine Region.	^[49]
Heu Private House	Housing	Fountain's Street	15th century	1990		^[50]
Opera-Theater and surrounding edifices	Opera House	Comedy's Square	18th century	1930	Oldest opera house working in France.	^[51]^[52]
Saint-Louis Square and its Buildings	Housing, markets, and public place	Saint-Louis Square	13th century	1929	Built on the ancient defensive walls of Roman Divodurum.	^[53]^[54]^[55]^[56]^[57] ^[58]^[59]^[60]^[61]^[62] ^[63]^[64]^[65]^[66]^[67] ^[68]^[69]^[70]^[71]^[72] ^[73]^[74]^[75]^[76]^[77] ^[78]
Gournay Private House	Housing	Grand-Deer Street	18th century	1929	Birthplace of General Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle.	^[79]
Heads' House	Restaurant	En-Fournirue	16th century	1929		^[80]
Verlaine's House	Museum	Haute-Pierre Street	19th century	1978	Birthplace of Poet Paul Verlaine.	^[81]
Chamber's Square	Housing, Markets, Restaurants, and Hotel	Chamber Square	16th and 18th centuries	1923		^[82]
Saint-Stephen Square	Public place	Saint-Stephen Square	18th century	1975	Once used as an amphitheatre for Mystery plays during the Middle Ages	^[83]
Thermae Bridge	Bridge		4th century 14th century	1927	Displays remains of a Gallo-Roman bridge.	^[84]
Gallo-Roman Ruins	Museums of Metz	Haut-Poirier Street	4th century	1938	Remains of the public baths of ancient Gallo-Roman Divodurum.	^[85]
Various houses and edifices	Housing	Metz Streets	from 13th to 19th century	from 1928 to 1986		^[86]^[87]^[88]^[89]^[90] ^[91]^[92]^[93]^[94]^[95] ^[96]^[97]^[98]^[99]^[100] ^[101]^[102]^[103]^[104]^[105] ^[106]^[107]^[108]^[109]^[110]

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"Ancienne caserne du Cloître, lycée de garçons". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Caserne Ney ou caserne du Génie". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Ancienne école royale d'artillerie". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Vestiges de l'enceinte du Moyen-Age". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Immeuble dit Grand magasin de la Citadelle". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Hôpital militaire (ancien) situé dans le Fort Moselle". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Quartier Moselle". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Caserne Chambière". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Ancienne commanderie Saint-Antoine". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Fontaine Coislin". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Ancien grenier connu sous le nom de Grange de Chèvremont". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Fontaine". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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"Hôtel dit de Gournay-Burtaigne". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr.

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Monument	Current Use	Address	Period	Year of Classification	Notes	Reference
Cloister's Barracks	High School		17th century	1926		^[30]
Ney Barracks	Barracks	Republic's Square	19th century	1929		^[31]
Royal Military School	Military School	Winston-Churchill Street	18th century	1929		^[32]
Medieval Defensive Walls	Parks and Gardens	Along the Moselle and the Seille Rivers	13th century	1929		^[33]
Germans' Gate	Ornament	Maginot Boulevard	13th century	1929	Medieval defensive gate	^[33]
Camoufle Tower	Ornament	Foch Avenue	15th century	1929	Medieval watchtower	^[33]
Queuleu Fort	Memorial and Park	Jean Burger Alley	19th century	1970	Use as detention and torture center by the Waffen-SS during World War II.	^[34]
Bellecroix Fort	Ornament and Parks	Corps-Expéditionnaire-Français's Street	18th century	1982	Fortification of Louis de Cormontaigne.	^[35]
Citadel Store Food	Hotel	Ney Avenue	17th century	1969	Remains of the fortifications of Vauban.	^[36]
Military Hospital of the Moselle Fort	Administration	Paul-Wiltzer Embankment	18th century	1937		^[37]
Moselle fort	Housing		18th century	1929		^[38]
Chambière Barrack Gates	Ornament		18th century	1929		^[39]

Monument	Current Use	Address	Period	Year of Classification	Notes	Reference
Metz Railway Station	Railway Station	General De Gaulle Square	20th century	1975	Built during German annexation. Station-Palace as it displays the apartments of the Kaiser.	^[111]
Saint-Nicolas Hospice	Administration	Saint-Nicolas Square	16th century	1993	Oldest Hospital of Metz.	^[43]
City Hall	City Hall	Town Square	18th century	1922	Work of Royal architect Jacques-François Blondel.	^[112]
Guardroom	Tourism Office	Town Square	18th century	1921	Work of Royal architect Jacques-François Blondel.	^[113]
Parliament of Metz	Markets	Town Square	18th century	1928	Work of Royal architect Jacques-François Blondel.	^[114]
Guildhall	Bank and Restaurant	Mondon Square	20th century	2002	Built during German annexation.	^[115]
Central Post Office	Post Office	Gambetta Street	20th century	1975	Built during German annexation.	^[116]
Royal Governor Palace	Courthouse	Haute-Pierre Street	18th century	1921	Place where Lafayette decided to participate to the American Revolutionary War.	^[117]
Imperial Governor Palace	Military Headquarters	Citadel Street	20th century	1975	Serves as residence of the Kaiser during his visits in Metz.	^[118]

List_of_historic_sites_in_Metz,_France

List of historic sites in Metz, France

List of the Historic Monuments in Metz

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Military Monuments

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