THE BEST TRAVEL ROUTES

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES

DETAILED TRAVEL ATLAS

France is a country with a rich and fascinating past as well as a legendary art of living – its savoir vivre – which makes every day of travel in that country a special experience. Its regional diversity is amazing – from Brittany with its Celtic and Gallic culture and the romantic Alsace, via the bustling world city of Paris and the Cham- pagne region with its limestone landscapes, to the many enchanting châteaux of the Loire, as well as with its great culinary traditions, right up to the high mountains of the Pyrenees and the Alps, which boast Europe’s highest mountain, and onto the fragrant Midi and the spectacular coasts of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. “Discover ” presents this mesmerizing European country in all its glorious variety. The first, more extensive section in the book explores the country by following the twelve “most scenic drives” – whether this be along the classic routes, such as the Via Turonensis pilgrim trail, or off the beaten track, such as through the Massif Central. To finish, the book contains detailed descriptions of the historic city centers, monuments and natural landscapes in France that have now been declared UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites. With informative texts, some 600 color photos, detailed route maps and a indexed France travel atlas, “Discover France” provides an extensive overview of the spellbinding diversity you can expect to find here, encouraging you to set off and explore its attractions yourself. Pages 2–3: The Eiffel Tower picture-postcard castle high seen from the Alexandre III above the lower . bridge in Paris. This page: Italian joie de vivre Pages 4–5: The Château of can be felt in the Old Town of Saumur towers like a Menton on the Côte d’Azur.

THE MOST SCENIC DRIVES Fortifications of Vauban 219 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 219 Route 1: Across the North of France 12 220 Route 2: Normandy and Brittany 30 Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Route 3: The Champagne Region 44 of St-Remi and , 221 Route 4: Through Burgundy 60 The Climats, Terroirs of Burgundy 222 Route 5: On the Road in Alsace 84 Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars 223 Route 6: Via Turonensis 98 Mont-Saint-Michel 224 Route 7: Limousin, Dordogne, Périgord 124 225 Route 8: Roussillon, the Pyrenees, Aquitaine 144 Palace and Park of Versailles 226 Route 9: Through the Massif Central 160 Paris, Banks of the Seine 227 Route 10: Côte d’Azur, Provence, Rhône-Alpes 174 Palace and Park of 228 Route 11: The Mediterranean Coast 188 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire Route 12: A Tour of 206 and Chalonnes 229 , Town of Medieval Fairs 230 231 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE 216 , Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance in Nancy 232 Belfries of Belgium and France 218 Cistercian 233 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 218 , Grande Île 234

6 Vézelay, Church and Hill 235 250 236 Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne 251 The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 237 Pyrenees – Mont Perdu 252 Abbey Church of St-Savin sur Gartempe 238 253 Vézère Valley, Prehistoric Sites and Pitons, cirques and remparts of Réunion Island 254 Decorated Caves 239 Lagoons of New Caledonia Historic Site of 240 255 Jurisdiction of St-Émilion 241 Historic Center of 242 TRAVEL ATLAS FRANCE 256 Episcopal City of 243 INDEX ATLAS 432 The Causses and Cevennes 243 INDEX ROUTES 462 Roman Theatre and the “Triumphal Arch” PICTURE CREDIT/IMPRINT 464 of Orange 244 245 , Roman and Romanesque Monuments 246 Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche 246 Papal Palace and Historic Center of 247 Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 248 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps 249

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France’s Most Scenic Drives

It would be a shame to stay in just one place when you’re in France – instead you should drive along its charming country roads and explore the country. The twelve routes described here range from a tour along the chic and urbane Mediterranean coast to degusta- tion and exploration in the Champagne, from a drive along the storm-battered Atlantic coast to a journey around the wildly romantic island of Corsica, from the Route Napoleon through the French Alps to the Route des Vins around the vineyards of the Alsace. Route 1: Across the North of France You perhaps need to look a little more closely than you would elsewhere but you do then realize that there are indeed a few gems to be discovered in this rather harsh landscape: romantic streams, forests, moors, nature parks, as well as a great deal of culture and history in towns with striking and bell towers. The area of France between Lorraine and the Channel coast boasts a wealth of treasures, some of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

has more to offer than most peo- Frankish kingdom in 843. The tlefields and war cemeteries are Route profile: ple realize. The north does not presentday Netherlands, parts a sad and chilling reminder of Length: c. 1,300 km (808 miles), reveal its charms to everyone at of Belgium, Luxembourg and the darker days of Franco-Ger- without detours first glance, however; exploring the Rhine provinces all used to man conflict – particularly World Time required: 10–14 days this part of France needs to be belong to Lorraine and the state War I, the bloodiest battles of Start: Sarreguemines done at leisure. changed hands several times which were fought right here. End: Dunkerque Lorraine is just one of twenty-six during the course of its history. Traces of this turbulent history Itinerary: Sarre guemi nes, Epinal, regions in France today but over In the 18th century Lorraine was are still to be found everywhere, Lunéville, Nan cy, Metz, Thionville, one thousand years ago, it was in fact even subject to a former such as in Metz, for instance, Arlon, Bouillon, Monthermé, a European state in its own right: Polish king before then becom- the capital of Lorraine. The town Char le ville-Mé zi ères, Lille, Dou ai, Lothringen, as Lorraine is known ing entirely French, only to fall has many churches, the origins Arras, Amiens, Abbe ville, in German, acquired its name in into Germans hands on another of which date back to Roman Bou logne-sur-Mer, Ca lais, the ninth century from Lothair two occasions before ultimate- times, while the 19th century Dun ker que I following the division of the ly forming part of France. Bat- left a legacy of Prussian build- ings. Of more disparate splen- dor is the city of Nancy, former- Given the diversity of its land- ly a royal seat and boasting city scape and its coastline, extend- squares of consummate artistic ing from the Atlantic to the Med- perfection that are testimony to iterranean, France is almost a the grandeur of the 18th century. mini-continent in itself. Visitors tend to head to the south of the Further to the north, near the country, of course, and so the borders with Luxembourg and north is somewhat unknown Belgium, the route takes you territory at times even to Fran- through a romantic landscape: cophiles. Undeservedly, though, the Ardennes, forested mountain for the landscape in this region ranges and river valleys. Nature

12 Above: Arras Cathedral was originally built at the end of the 18th century, in neo-Gothic style; during , however, it was so badly damaged that comprehensive restoration and rebuilding works became necessary in the 1920s. The painting in the dome featuring the Passion of Christ was completed in 1933 by Henri Marret. Left: The Protestant Temple Neuf in Metz was consecrated in 1904 by German Emperor Wilhelm II himself. parks line the route before it de-Calais. Water, too, is of course line have always been greatly around a century ago has been heads west – to Nord-Pas-de- part of this landscape: marsh and valued by painters. The name retained to this day: Côte d’Opale Calais and the Picardie. Here in moorland areas can be explored given to this stretch of coast by – the Opal Coast. the north the proximity to Flan- in flat boats on canals or rivers, the painter Edouard Lévêque ders is obvious: both Lille and such as the , its estuary Arras boast the Flemish façades a habitat for countless rare birds usually associated with Belgium. and as such it is subject to special A little farther to the south, in the protection. direction of Paris, is an architec- And then there’s the sea that tural gem waiting to be discov- here, too, gives the countryside ered, a true highlight: Amiens Ca- its very own character. There are thedral, a masterpiece of Gothic of course the industrial plants architecture. This stretch of the and large ports as well but you’re route, too, is multifaceted: the more likely to come across steep cathedrals are as much part of cliffs along the coast, even prop- the surroundings as the windmills er chalkstone cliffs like those on and the canals of Flanders. Not to the other side of the Channel in be forgotten are the bell towers England, visible from here with that are especially numerous and the naked eye. remarkable here in the Nord-Pas- Of course there are also fine, san- dy beaches and dunes as well Left: Art Nouveau windows as seaside towns whose charm in the Musée de l’Ecole de perhaps lies in the very fact that Nancy. Right: The lions of they are not as well known as the Flanders with the crest above famous, chic but often crowd- the Old Stock Exchange ed resorts of the Mediterranean. in Lille. The gentle hues of this coast-

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The Excelsior Brasserie in Nancy boasts exquisite Art Nouveau surroundings.

From Lorraine to the English Channel: our route begins in annual international ceramic fair Metz. Of importance from an art Lorraine, sweeps to the south via Nancy and Metz, then also ensures that this tradition historical perspective is the for- follows France’s northern border before finally crossing is maintained. The museum of mer abbey Church of St-Maurice, Picardie and Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The attractions en route stoneware technology housed its robust tower being reminis- include castles, romantic moorland landscapes and the in the historic Mill on the Blies cent of a stronghold. Also worth seaside resorts along the coast. is also worth a visit. The idyl- seeing are the vivid stained- lically situated casino on the glass windows in the Church of 1 Sarreguemines Directly Saar. International trade played Saar – which is a cultural cen- Notre-Dame-au-Cierge, the rose on the border with Germany’s a role early on in the town’s ter and not a gambling den – is garden and the art museum. Saarland, just a short distance history, it being situated on also an interesting sight to seek It was for the popular prints by south of Saarbrücken, is Sar- the trade route between Flan- out, as is the Church of the printing company Pellerin reguemines (or Saargemünd in ders and Italy in the late Middle St-Nicolas. that Epinal became particular- German). This Lorraine town Ages. Sarreguemines developed ly famous in the 19th century, belongs to the Moselle dépar- an important stoneware industry 2 Epinal Heading south-west, however. The Images d’Epinal, tement. Both the French and the at the end of the 18th century. the journey continues to Epinal narrative image sequences – German names refer to a river The Musée de la Faïence com- on the Moselle River. The castle were printed in large quantities confluence, this being where memorates this prosperous era ruins above the town date back in the late 19th century and are Saarland’s Blies flows into the of ceramic production, and an to its founding by the of considered to be the forerunners

14 View of the Moselle in Epinal, with the Romanesque Church of St-Maurice in the background.

death, the entire Duchy of Lor- Château d’Haroué raine fell to France. The Peace of Lunéville between France Château d’Haroué is situated be- and Austria was signed here in tween Nancy and Epinal, set in 1801, ending the Second Coa- the midst of an extensive park. lition War against Napoleonic This part of the Lorraine Plateau France and confirming a series is known as the Saintois. of French territorial claims, in- Château Haroué was built between cluding French sovereignty over 1720 and 1732 by the renowned the occupied territories to the master builder Germain Boffrand, left of the Rhine. on the site of two older fortress- es. Boffrand integrated some of the 4 Saint-Nicolas-de-Port surviving sections of the medieval The small town on the outskirts fortresses into the new castle. Art- of Nancy is the administrative ists from Lorraine, including Jean center for the commune of the Lamour and Barthélemy Guibal, same name. The town owes were largely responsible for the much to Saint Nicolas, includ- decorative elements; the park was ing its name: the saint’s remains designed by Emilio Terry. It was were exhumed in 1087 and commissioned by Marc de Beau- shipped to Bari on the Adriatic vau-Craon whose descendants Coast; it was from there that a still occupy the castle to this day. crusader brought a finger joint At the height of its fame, Haroué from the popular saint as a reli- repeatedly played host to illus- quary to present day St-Nicolas trious personalities such as King in 1090. The town soon became Louis XVIII or Grand Duke Leopold an important pilgrimage site and of Lorraine, for example. the growing crowds means that The building in its present form, ever-larger churches had to be classified as an historic monument built – culminating in the pres- in 1983, is still a reminder of this ent basilica built in the 15th and era of courtly life, whereas the old- 16th centuries and designed by Simon Noycet. The splendid late-Gothic build- ing is impressive in its dimen- sions alone: the 28-m-high (92-ft) columns are considered to be the largest in France. The basilica, which has undergone major restoration work follow- of comics. The town’s location -style castle under the ing damage incurred during the on the Moselle River and on a direction of the architect Ger- and World The aerial view reveals the small canal also contributes to main Boffrand. The building War II, still houses the precious vast dimensions and layout its particular charm. From Epinal with its extensive grounds is reliquary from Saint Nicolas, of Château d’Haroué. it is worth taking a short detour considered an 18th-century who was subsequently elevat- to the Château d’Haroué (see masterpiece and is sometimes ed to patron saint of Lorraine. er sections remain as testimony to column on the right), before referred to as the “Versailles of times of war when a castle really continuing to Lunéville. Lorraine”. It unfortunately suf- 5 Nancy See page 18. did function as a fortification and fered extensive damage as a re- From Lorraine’s former capital a refuge. 3 Lunéville The small duchy sult of a fire in 2003; restoration the route goes to Liverdun. The enormous extent of the castle enjoyed a considerable boost work is currently being planned. belonging to the small village of in the 18th century when Leo- The Château de Lunéville played Haroué is illustrated by a few facts pold, Duke of Lorraine trans- an important role in the history and figures: the complex features ferred his residence from occu- of Lorraine as well as in Europe- 365 windows, 52 chimneys, twelve pied Nancy to Lunéville at the an history on one occasion: the Top: The mighty façade of the towers and four bridges. Parts of start of the century. The com- last (Polish) Duke of Lorraine, Hotel de Ville (city hall) in the interior with the historical de- prehensive building works in- Stanislaw I Leszczynski, died on Nancy dominates the south cor, furniture and paintings are cluded the construction of a the premises in 1766; with his side of Place Stanislas. open for guided public tours.

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Nancy

Nancy is known as the “City of the Golden Gates”, and this Fountain form the end of the Park Pépinière. In Greek epithet is best shown to be appropriate in the beautifully mythology, Amphitrite is the wife of the sea god Poseidon; worked wrought-iron railings by Jean Lamour on the famous the figure that was immortalized here was allegedly based on Place Stanislas, which could probably be described as one of the one of Stanislas Leszczyn´ski lovers. The construction of the most attractive squares in Europe. On its southern side, the entire complex, comprising a central as well as side arches, railings with gilded rocaille features in front of the Amphitrite is reminiscent of Roman triumphal arches.

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t o e o u d École des Quartier new town of Nancy is dominat- r d Orthod. e u B e e és in R b e i n D e R u o ral n u o e d la i R h e M e e République r é Sages Femmes . c École G u t i e d D M.J.C. t u A c e D 400 Ru L É Ga r Pl. Paul u l ed by its imposing Notre-Dame r S P r l o o m a e e l n p a l P. Desforges c r é Grpe. Scol. D e g i e v n e Gén Painlevé o f e le d h é Q R u d e f u a n s n y n i u u d s i n G p e u e Pasteur g e d r o . de Montet a e . Cathedral, built in the 18th t Av n a d h m i d R H n fra e l . C de u f u lé J . F a ne Lycée y Bo École R R n en la Do e R e Gar R B c École u a u t century. The city owes a par- Rue R . la at eu École Nat. S n e e a Maternité Régionale t e d il r e Avenue du d l r - J nu e L o C ve e ié Lycée Fred. supérieure d’art é a A b éc ticular cultural treasure to the PARC u S b d c a Na Cité Universitaire a u i r ult e Chopin R R l d Musée de n e n è u e io u i u hir u Ju s Gendarmerie r l de Saurupt u R C . T e a l d 19th-century iron industry of er P e riv ha r l l’École de g e u c p a o n lé C H D é ll ri l r R t i s a A . . a V Nancy M R e M . Lycée Technique H . Ma e H n du d rr in Lorraine: iron and glass, which v. n R e S u i z A e u e t R E.S.R. P e SAINTE-MARIE h r D e e lin r ue SQUARE s g Piscines i o École des Mines u s e d R e e u c D 93a e Q Q was also produced in Lorraine, n en u g v s JULES ua u r A t d r t R Jeanne . d r r a R t R o . R. a B PARC DE o i i e Salle de Sport B n u R e f d u e n r a DORGET c d r i h e é e e p were important style elements B Cité u e n énéralCol Leclerc. e c SAURUPT c n G uin A R e n C b l e l l J G É heim li a a é . a ha ll GC s C har B R h n c é é m B l R N II d é Judiciaire l a H a C Piscine r e n u e d r u e t a i e l Hôpital a a é l d’Arc d é d of the Art Nouveau, a major fea- n M L. m G. n e e i u r e . én s ll d a G r d e e Olimpique Mess. des M l C v e i S u Villemin ue F A C u a en a a o n . du R v laise u r L d ture of Nancy. A Salle Officiers b Lycée c R. é o Hôpital v é . p t u Hôpital i . l e Prof. C. Donot in de Sport r Maringer Albert Fournier

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R ers e g G int îch ll in e d-Po R The St-Etienne Cathedral R ra i r A D 32 on Ma v y v . D R eur u n S t des e Va O . é Mairie Pas e e C G u D t a R n d h u C A R C L e i d h o n . d h v u P . R u École . towers up between the s a e R École â . r d rè R t i e R u e u f y u t d u s Ja a r e e r Ca u d e t an y A e e B Je R v ue F a u P a s a e e e R s u i rooftops of Metz. Ru tt e ue n le ll g u Ju r s C out e s n è e ère in d e r o u di T o r l x Ca r u Ba o llin s y h t ice Va le a C ie ue Maur n e ce r r R èn en V o s e g sid t RÉSIDENCE u é e s l C e E R f n r h u u if o D e R h e Im m d R c P p G i r he . S . d r ro n ST-MICHEL a R anc M u e i s de s u m . d Jé a s s s e Di R . ric R n e u u R h ue s o d d R R o d t T l r l e l P e tie u l a P e n s en e e ai rr a M S . x es e C d e Rue J e h ntenoy e de J . u a e de Fo e é R Ru V R ric te r g i h l t u vill o e n s r

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r m z D d y l u a o s u a de Pierre „1500“ s V n Cathedral in particular. Con- a t M la Meurthe e C R u u N 57 u St-Jean Bosco r lx o e S e R s d e M Rue Virgin n n a R ie e t c struction of the splendid ca- ue Mollevaut Mau e ie JÉRICHO vais u r M d a R e h on LE VIEUX thedral – presenting its most FAUBOURG DES École . ue ier R gnac M aël R gn ue oli a attractive side to the beholder sr r du S l n . I tre Be F R.H. Lepage z R ves R auTROIS MAISONS de é yl u bo e v ari S u . u i e r R l l M g É R l u standing on the bridge over the e e s d de u on .d a i e s R rs e iche P u Q ie l l o Tr P ’A M et C R e L u M o l e an ue Oberlin d Moselle – was begun in 1220 a t u a t c e i ri R l d n u i R e la er s e le Marne au e e d C t ll l N 57 Rh u z e M École i u Ru in c ia h K R c v d R n ia r e i V and it was consecrated in 1546. o s a F e é e e rle J u z V i a ue St- l F C - s h o e i R n R o t Collège C s a li h e Q e e l g u u a S u i d o M é c r r u u R C e a i u D le r The west façade has undergone l n e u a Alfred Mézières œ École ri E l s u i s d d m n C . te e L u e e an es R H lau V c L i r r u e a o je g iè R u u l d R numerous design changes, the i z R d l D e é ur Porte e ot in n u r o u e . M am Salle G d ra é d Richier A L de la Citadelle G b n r e b e . École a de Sport a er B u l last being in the neo-Gothic R e lli m A a J n e a d R R D ’ R S d R V e s y V d e A ue u e l a u u u Salle de Sport . o Police v R rt e l e n R s d d r e e e C n style of the 19th century. The e i b d F O e Q l l s li e p d i z r l u e b u u R g m Clinique b es a e i Allée B. e a o S e R i c h 2 rlin u t i a u e Feder r J R R interior dimensions are espe- e C E.N.S.I.C. u R C in e G R Stade 6 . a o u Rue P. G l n d il a a d l è École He b M Ch a r . u . e a de Gueldres Maurice de Vienne m d R c Porte de la Craffe R. Lecreulx e d v P M i ix cially impressive, with extraordi- e e s e t er t l no e R éc r r Coll. de la on Parc de la Pépinière ou L m e u rac Parc Zoologique u e tz o B Allée E. R e i ue R t B Craffe R Badel S nary lengths (123 m/404 ft) and L é ard R R e ffe École . o d a s é g u u la Cr i École d’Ingénieurs g a d r e e o Parc de la b e e d e Église des Allée J. Huriet B e r lle e Pépinière i a . R I a l u rg m s s ’ C D i Es R Salle apex heights (42 m/138 ft). The T u t u a n Cordeliers t ie . p o o i b R e r u e e it Porte LEOPOLD-VILLEB q VIEILLE n e t. ac n u de Sport J y J z a s H Hôtel t Lec le Désilles G e e fact that the aisles have been c il Ru q és u r d D d Ferraris a AlléeAllée G.L.Tonnellier Chepfer l u R n Palais du PARC DE LA ’ e i ue e d Palais Ducal I r n R . u e n c o Mic R Gouvernement f e n kept relatively low further rein- t R a u zi I.E.C.A. Pl. de R Terrasse de la R a Pôle Lorrain ue n B h Hôtel des Loups Mus. Lorr. u t éR e l’Arsenal e Pépinière PÉPINIÈRE é v . forces this impression of height. de Gestion l Pl. J. d r B N r e C e i H . Verdun e is o Pôle Univ. l Malval s e L y u e G É N 74 e C u Caserne Thiry E. A. N. p Also unusual are the giant win- x Lo ich r c Rue de u R on o r Europ. a Place u a a r M g i s u Conservatoire Ba u t- Saint-Epvre n r Parc de la Pépinière e s e d ie Q du r L S R de la E.E.I.G.M. n . e s I e s é R u dows, designed by prominent a s Ru R Collège u Pl. du Col. R Cité Administrative . a o R e Carrière u L u Muséum- M b p S E.N.S.G.S.I. e é u d Hôtel Fabien e e St-Sigisbert o o e e Tribunal e Aquarium te n y H l rin artists from different centu- ilto e p d J la de Lillebonne e e - s S tR.h Gordo p . M es r o a a d C r v FAUBOURGd DE m c o Trib. C A s R. l q Opéra national - e a o d u e e i t e 6 lès te u in s C Liverdun To the west of the most interesting is the build- the country’s history. The name ries, the oldest dating from the d k r l t a Admin. a r ic c h t S Î e . N de Lorraine B r e o e t l ’ BOUDONVILLE d l u o . a Arc Héré l m d n C R e . R Place n C è . R the highway from Nancy to Metz ing depicting the seven deadly refers to what was once a Celt- 13th century. The e 0 S re R . A i R G 2 ato u . d’Alliance et d B R r Hôtel de d u d

l ’O e r u d b l d ’ i ra . . de e b i dd e . la Monnaie G . is the small town of Liverdun set sins (16th century). The small ic settlement, captured by the in the west was made by Her- J Place

R la a R. R v. ’ d r e Collège R Place A l Évêché A t n C.E.U. m A u e Qua a Stanislas R Pl. de la v n ll v Préf. r 1 i v i Rue Gust. Simone ie u i e n St-Sigisbert n r E.N.G.R.E.F. 2 on high ground above a bend in town of Pont-à-Mousson even Romans in 52 bc. With its stra- mann von Münster in the 14th er io e Carnot r u e Division de Fer a s o Th lle R v Musée des Hôtel F 1 s e i a . B t d M u P Lycée R i e o C Fac. de Droit, l . a T .

ue y i e Beaux-Arts de V. RR a o n n l is i R d R R c R ig a o R . l p u n the Moselle. It has an attractive, used to be a university town and tegic location, the town quickly century, while the 20th century R h d M l i u Sciences Écon. . Biblio- y u s e p D o e ta . Porte d d e t . e V é e G s e d L u t b B u e te d e R e et Gestion thèque m e a rt g m . a R R St-Georges e L u s G s r historic Old Town with arcade it was only at the end of the 18th grew to become one of the larg- added works by Marc Chagall d . r s . V R e R R è u Pl. Godefroi re a e R u D s r u s e R e J Pompiers u L e s e o Clinique Lepois t R. e rg u D a e o S s m e r de Bouillon R S eo r École d I r o buildings, particularly around century that the Jesuit-founded est in Gaul – larger than Paris (the choir ambulatory and the . a i G d i s r de des n - Cathédrale u n R a a PARC nisla é d t u . e e a r Pol. i i S i ie d d b in t a e n c e M n R e u S c . u r l’A e e e e n l t S s r u in y BLONDLOT R u i a - R a the Place d’Armes. The Church university was closed here and and during the Middle Ages it northern ). St-Pierre- u R o R a le m ra R P V Carm D M iaR n Lycée Technique e r i . in at . è Groupe Scolaire é o r Lycée i i o g e L n s z d t- im M V Porte e R. u r e Henri Loritz H it i u P P a e j la a St-Dominique of St-Euchaire from the 12th moved to Nancy. was at times the second-largest aux-Nonnains is considered to i H. Poincaré a b e C t t P c Stanislas uR r e l a lo i es d y t t R R h d o t e o r t . a on n a . Ru ins r ge o . n Bl e l J ll r n d z n d ie u ce century is still recognizable as city in the Holy Roman Empire be the oldest church in France, H e Temple e . r r PARC V é . P y . d ea R e li ie r M -J CHARLESc e IIIT u o R t n ca in ïe n es nd g n a ire a e Fa d a i Gare R S R llé e Collège Ste-Élisabeth 8 r o o z e A u R R a Cistercian building. The town, Gorze The village of Gorze (after Cologne). The free city- its oldest components dat- a l d R

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v R a i ur - F C St-Leon IX é A e o Henri r œN A o Hôtel m s o e n n a S t e the bishops of Toul, also has an belongs to the western part of es and monasteries was part of Church of St-Maximin, first writ- i u r Rue Raymond S t f es c n s R n e Mengin n e R Place de la d o e f i de Police t R . la e u R R d R B u . s École n a u i D 39 e Groupe Scolaire République ue b R u he én o é e e arched bridge over the Moselle, the Parc Naturel Régional de the empire, enjoyed brisk trade ten mention of which was made R d u R i e ac G h a rd u T u u ue e Jeane - d Centre d H d t St-Leon IX le St b la R . o a s u e u R b R J s u ro d B v i G D St-Nicolas n Commercial Po R.de e s a railway bridge dating from the Lorraine. The of Metz with Italy and was success- in around 1000, is worth visit- u é a u r d e g Nancy Gare r H a R . R d Hôpital T o d a n nts r S é d u u n g o a s e

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ia e o n e Saint-Julien year 1855. founded a Benedictine monas- ful in setting itself apart from ing for the choir windows de- e École R éraire s Pompiers ffr n t u V Palais des Congrès d - q d a Groupe Scolaire i R h ’ i e u e r ue oc A C.R.C.I. a e s III b de tery here in the eighth centu- the Duchy of Lorraine. The city signed by Jean Cocteau. A sec- F rc e d r Cyfflé s Doctr. Chrétienne a la e ri le F S u e de Lorraine u ue r D alle n d c R ha s ve n Place i e Pl. du Gén. A a R J Lycée Cyfflé C z 7 m u R ue i d Pont-à-Mousson The ry. This monastery initiated an was conquered by the French ular building worth seeing is the om e . . R Q e e Giraud C F Alexandre de r u la P . l’A u R n ie bb a ru ue de D 400 r K é tre b small town of Pont-à-Mousson influential reform movement in the 16th century; following Porte des Allemands, a double D 39 R r e Did Faculté de e e n s e C e l L Pl. de la cques n ot Pharmacie R h a d R J e s Maison d’Arrêt É t on the Moselle River owes its within the Benedictine order in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 gate in the old ramparts, com- a . r . u nge abriel . e B g Commanderie d l R la d Mo t e e n l G ui ll lise R e e y e lle P i d. C o R ro s Place des b u B B u n G l e h t R u name to the fact that there has which 160 monasteries partic- Metz officially became part of memorating the Teutonic Or- e u he d Maison A l r e F s f i e Vosges . o s R. T. Alix ot C R R t Hospitalière R r t t l arn i o . ’ C t a u o I been a bridge spanning the Mo- ipated in the 11th century; the France. Metz fell into German der’s one-time presence in the e u d n azare ch n e F St-Charles A Hôpital Central . L Ho r e u t d d d R al P b r s v nér rr D se e e e . é f e i é u R G i u u n L d u s t I D l R r e Kd I c n i V e n a u selle here since the ninth centu- movement was part of a reori- hands again from 1871 to 1918 city. Several museums provide u t I o M u u r Salle R t R l e re e C e e t M é e a c r r a c a n M.J.C. e b R u M d r t r s é S a St-Pierre l e s io de sport si d r e . Rue de M h o n le n r e é r é o P v Pichon ir e c ry (the present-day bridge is a entation of the church in which (as it did from 1940 to 1944 as insights into the city’s history. ron V v V. i d c u o h i u h e e g T uille c u e u e t é e a a Mo o u s a r n l l t St-Joseph r R e L c GR i s Gabrie o P l s g e é . h si ue r r Grpe. Scol. ur R b D p gn modern construction, however). the influential Cluny monastery well), before the city was ul- The French poet Paul Verlaine R R o bo u R b d L t dS a u Mairie de u e c . A Église y e ue R i J. Jaurès Bd onn l’ s e m V R R Lycée Technique e . d

t o e o u d École des Quartier r d Orthod. The town itself is even old- in particular played an import- timately returned to France. (1844–1896), the German lin- e u B e e és in R b e i n D e R u o ral n u o e d la i R h e M e e République r é Sages Femmes . c École G u t i e d D M.J.C. t u A c e D 400 Ru L É Ga r Pl. Paul u l r S P r l o er, the Romans having estab- ant role. A scene from the Last These changes have left visi- guist Leo Weisgerber (1899 to o m a e e l n p a l P. Desforges c r é Grpe. Scol. D e g i e v n e Gén Painlevé o f e le d h é Q R u d e f u a n s n y n i u u d s i n G p e u e Pasteur g e d r o . de Montet a e . t Av n a d h m i d R H lished a fort on the hill above Judgment is depicted above one ble traces in the city’s architec- 1985) and the French dramatist n fra e l . C de u f u lé J . F a ne Lycée y Bo École R R n en la Do e R e Gar R B c École u a u t Rue R . la at eu the Moselle. The former Pre- of the portals of the Church of ture: the German and Prussian Bernard-Marie Koltès (1948– École Nat. S n e e a Maternité Régionale t e d il r e Avenue du d l r - J nu e L o C ve e ié Lycée Fred. supérieure d’art é a A b éc PARC u S b monstratensian abbey stands St-Etienne. buildings from 1871 to 1918 are 1989), among others, were also d c a Na Cité Universitaire a u i r ult e Chopin R R l d Musée de n e n è u e io u i u hir u Ju s Gendarmerie r l de Saurupt u R C . T e a l d er P e riv ha r l on the banks of the river; it now clearly distinguishable among born in Metz. l’École de g e u c p a o n lé C H D é ll ri l r R t i s a A . . a V Nancy M R e M . Lycée Technique H . Ma n u re H d d r in 9 v. n R e houses a cultural center. Metz The present-day cap- the French buildings. S u i z A e u e t R E.S.R. P e SAINTE-MARIE h r D e e l r ue SQUARE in s g Piscines i o École des Mines u s e d R e e u c D 93a e Q Q n en u g The streets in the town center are ital of the Lorraine region, sit- The monuments from earlier v s JULES ua u r A t d r t R Jeanne . d r r a R t R o . R. a B PARC DE o i i e Salle de Sport B n u R e f d u e n r a DORGET c d r i h e é e e p B Cité u e n énéralCol Leclerc. e c SAURUPT c n G especially attractive, particular- uated at the confluence of the eras are of more importance Above: The Gothic Cathedral uin A R e n C b l e l l J G É heim li a a é . a ha ll GC s C har B R h n c é é m B l R N II d é Judiciaire l a H a C Piscine r e n u e d r u e t a i e l Hôpital a a é l d’Arc d é d n M L. m G. n e e i ly those featuring pergola build- Seille and Moselle Rivers, has than the legacies of the late of St-Etienne in Metz with its u r e . én s ll d a G r d e e Olimpique Mess. des M l C v e i S u Villemin ue F A C u a en a a o n . du R v laise u r L d A Salle Officiers b Lycée c R. é o Hôpital ings around the Place Duroc; always had a key influence on 19th century, however, and fine stained-glass windows. v é . p t u Hôpital i . l e Prof. C. Donot in de Sport r Maringer Albert Fournier

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