Location: Metz
Top Things to do in Metz
Things to do in Metz, Grand Est: The Best Historic Sites
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1. Visites touristiques et exploration urbaine de Metz
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
2. Metz Cathedral
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4.5 based on 2,854 reviews
One of the tallest cathedrals in France, the 12th-century building is also known for its extensive use of stained-glass windows.
Reviewed By thomasozbun - Vicenza, Italy
Mostly built in the Gothic style between the 13th and 16th centuries it holds the largest expanse of stained glass in the world, most of which from famous artists throughout history such as Hermann von Munster from the 13th century and modernist Marc Chagall from the 20th. As soon as we entered, in fact, the interior was immense and amazing with a huge nave all decorated with stained glass. We also admired the sculpted extior too, built in the local yellow Jaumont Limestone.
3. Fort de Queuleu
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4.5 based on 413 reviews
4. Circuit des Remparts
5. Quartier Imperial
6. Saint Pierre aux Nonnains Basilica
7. Porte des Allemands
8. Templar's Chapel
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4.0 based on 84 reviews
According to tradition, the Knights Templar who came to Metz in 1133 built the chapel between 1180 and 1220. The church was part of a larger Commandry destroyed at the same time the Order was abolished. It represents an architectural masterpiece in Lorraine as it is the only rotunda of that kind in the region. Its circular layout is typical of the Templar tradition, (as in the cathedral of Aachen) and it is believed that the chapel was modelled after that of Laon, Picardy, and built 40 years earlier.
9. Porte Serpenoise
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4.0 based on 101 reviews
The Porte Serpenoise is a sort of triumphal arch which used to mark the South limit of the city of Metz from the 3rd until the early 20th centuries. During the Roman era, the gate was guarding the road to Scarpone (now Dieulouard, near Nancy). In the 19th century, the gate was incorporated into the rampart, as a tunnel dug into the counterscarp. When the German authorities decided to get rid of the walls, they kept the gate, which they redrafted into a triumphal arch.
10. Maison Natale de Paul Verlaine
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