The 10 Town Centre
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Caserne iff u ue (1220 - 1522) 6 ro ven G R y A ue de Lyon (19th century) STREET MAP a s Aven 10min e m v t rè R One of the tallest in France (42m-high n b T rges e u Built in the 19th century as a munitions e e Place Saint-Louis. In the heart of Europe, at the confluence of P e m d u le t d e vault). Its collection of stained-glass o t r R a depot, the building was restored by the - a n C Geo t the Moselle and the Seille rivers, Metz has t v d e n d Aimé i windows (13th - 21st century) is the larg- Rue Sigebert e architect Ricardo Bofill in 1989. Today, u l C always been an architectural laboratory. Rue a de Gembloux u o est in Europe (6,500 sq.m). These win- a Place S M ban it houses a 1,300-seat concert hall, de- From the Gallo-Roman baths to the Cour d’Or n n tau la a s re B on a e i e d'Arros J o iè dows were created by artists like Val- Museum, from Place Saint-Louis to Sainte- l e r ç b Ru scribed by Mstislav Rostropovich at the d u e e l n d t é P r m e e c l a o entin Bousch, Marc Chagall, Jacques time of its inauguration as having the Croix Hill, from the ensemble of 18th cen- u R a itie a F h s r Rue R f A u Rue de s tury French squares to the Imperial Quarter u Rue Belle-Islent e C e Villon, Roger Bissière and, more recently, “best acoustics in France”. Paris n e ll rts a c St Clément’s Abbey mpa and the arrival of contemporary architecture de se Re M in o u rt Kimsooja. Closed on Mondays. V es d o with the Centre Pompidou-Metz and the t- R in d M i p Jard a R in u u mi Rue de Clermont Amphithéâtre district, Metz, capital of urban s u citemusicale-metz.fr e e St Vincent’sa Church M rme Q R R he e Ferrand g S T d Rue e o P e ecology, a UNESCO Creative City, can be Pont des Morts u 5min d d a u u r Synagogue Saint-Étienne's Cathedral. l e e P u i e s Mettis lines A/B REPUBLIQUE bus stop explored easily on foot, by bike, on the little P R a o 1 é de l u 8 l z c d n train or by boat... t t A i e t t archan e n n M P J e ue B Toulouse e u e l ix u o R a d M la Préfecture l Rue B i e R n é m erne c F Les Trinitairese ix r l r o e a h u a i v ua ch è a u Rue Alfred Krieger R -M Q ré h n le t a C R s v B in M C ue a o a 3 a r p d d KEY u R S u e COUR D’OR PORTE DES ALLEMANDS l u Place de c s e e FRAC in 2 T 8 v d SUGGESTIONS d s s e la Comédie e e e a s u d r Lorrainee s s MUSEUM r AND CHEMIN DES CORPORATIONS Parks & gardens Toilets r P b Rue des d t rrasse B d M ce Jardins e u R o o la am Rue des e ll o r n P h u o Situated on Sainte-Croix Hill, the birth- JEAN COCTEAU’S t u C Trinitaires M B (13th – 15th century) b ts Templed f R c V o Water (rivers, Find out more e i eu Rue1 2 é Jardin des ic u l r d'Estrées s t e place of the city, the Museum is housed in STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS IN t a N n e R or va S Neufu e D rd e Moyen u lakes, etc.) at tourisme- a ir é le o A B em it Q r Tanneurs Rue de la ers rot p si d n a ellecroix an ensemble of buildings dating back to A veritable fortress at the eastern en- ST MAXIMIN'S CHURCH (1962) iv Covered market u o n Un Pont a e d u g metz.com ité em T J u r e Savoie C e é various periods: Roman baths, medieval T t RécolletsR le trance to Metz, the Porte des Allemands St Maximin's Church presents Motorways e ie r e n u M u r u é v a e E p a R Rue R cloister m a mansion houses and a 17th-century ab- a strange mixture of styles: af- R a r d 5 min -M b h g d today houses exhibitions. A path laid out C B e du e S t Pal a u in ter you’ve gone through the Car parks a in x Rue au Blé E bey… The collections include Gallo-Roman F n d o Summer garden on Place de la Comédie. along the ramparts allows you to discover u ais F o e e t l doorway in its baroque E a o ' u s u M archaeology, medieval art and fine art. 10min Marina r u u R e r r u n l the banks of the Seille and Moselle rivers. u i St Eucaire’s e façade you’ll see a Gothic Inspire Metz u ir a x u R r O e R des 8 o v R e R Maison ue Church a Closed on Tuesdays. nave and a Romanesque ré u p This walk is the best way to discover the agency - 15min N u e r St Arnould’s Abbey e des Têtes A l lem ands c e d choir. The stained-glass windows are n Tê de h d musee.metzmetropole.fr PLACE DE LA town’s heritage while making the most of Tourist Office E te la a u modern: they were based on sketches 20min d l J 3 s Clercs O' u the surrounding nature. The Chemin des Rue r COMÉDIE drawn by Jean Cocteau. i 2 Poncelet n Essentials de Notre-Dame church t t Corporations takes you back into the E ce s s Verlaine's house n Louis R e Cour d’Or Museum. C o r (18th century) 4 te h u o in d a nt- past with its rampart towers bearing the Rue r R F Pla s Tourist sites a Law Courts Rue p le e ue Loui g g ru H a SAINT THÉRÈSE'S CHURCH (1954) a é e a R v names of the trades of yesteryear. Wi 7 Sai e The Opéra-Théâtre (1738 - 1752), the R Chu u l t M s nston Rue t St Maximin’su D603 ie Rap ide E Built according to the Chemin des s e e u Vo é e oldest still in activity in France, and the r e rchill S Church M o d Closed on Mondays and every morning plans of the architect d e d B e Corporations i Serpenoise a t i n y Palais de l’Intendance (currently the a l z u y Route de Born until 1pm. Roger-Henri Expert, this le e o n u Rue A r Place de la l s Frères R o N233 la l Rue de B Prefecture), were the only buildings church is gloriously en- Q é e e r n République a e in Coislin cretelle a La Strasbourg- located on this island in the 18th century. In hanced by the stained- 5 d c a m t t n u e Saarbrücken glass windows of the Mo- i n n 1904, the Temple Neuf was built in the Jar- h Rue u o c o s o e p e St Martin’s L Churcha ll direction Porte des Allemands.