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15 Best Things to Do in Metz (France)

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The administrative centre of France’s new Grand Est

region, Metz has been a base of power for more than
2,000 years.

The Cour d’Or museum, which illuminates eastern

France’s late-antiquity and early middle ages, will
help you to come to terms with the time when the
Merovingian kings of Austrasia ruled their kingdoms
from this city.

You’ll notice that Metz’s historic buildings have a sin-

gular appearance: That’s because they’re made with
Jaumont limestone, mined in the Moselle area and
imbued with a yellowy tone by the iron oxide in the
rock.

So on sunny days the city is quite literally lustrous!

Wander the avenues and gardens where the old
walls used to be and get some modern culture at the
Pompidou centre.

Lets explore the best things to do in Metz:

1. Metz Cathedral

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Metz Cathedral

Constructed across more than 300 years from 1220 to

1552, Metz’s cathedral is one of the tallest in Europe,
with breathtaking vaults in the nave soaring to 42
metres.

With more stained glass than any other cathedral in

the world the building has earned the name, “La
Lanterne du Bon Dieu” (the Lord’s Lantern). The win-
dows have been created by gothic and renaissance
master glassmakers, as well as the modern artists
Marc Chagall and Jacques Villon.

Adding to this sense of radiance is the yellow Jau-

mont limestone, which makes the cathedral seem
bright, even on dull winter days.

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List of Image Sources

15 Best Things to Do in Metz

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Metz

Cathedral: flickr

Centre-Pompidou Metz: wikipedia

La Cour d’Or Museum: flickr

Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains: flickr

Porte des Allemands: flickr

Église Saint-Maximin: flickr

Place Saint-Louis: flickr

Avenue Foch: flickr

Gare de Metz: flickr

Esplanade: flickr

Le Temple Neuf: flickr

Covered Market: flickr

Musée de la Guerre de 1870: tripadvisor

Chapelle des Templiers: flickr

quiche lorraine: flickr

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