List of historic sites in Metz, France

List of the Historic Monuments in Metz

Religious Monuments

Monument	Image	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 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]

Military Monuments

Monument	Image	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]

Civil Monuments

Monument	Image	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 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]

Administrative Monuments

Monument	Image	Current Use	Address	Period	Year of Classification	Notes	Reference
Metz Railway Station		Railway Station	General De Gaulle Square	20th century	1975	Built during 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]

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