7 Sights in Montigny-lès-Metz, France (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Montigny-lès-Metz, France. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 7 sights are available in Montigny-lès-Metz, France.

Sightseeing Tours in Montigny-lès-Metz

1. Centre Pompidou-Metz

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The Centre Pompidou-Metz is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. It is a branch of Pompidou arts centre of Paris, and features semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions from the large collection of the French National Museum of Modern Art, the largest European collection of 20th and 21st century arts. The museum is the largest temporary exhibition space outside Paris in France with 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) divided between 3 galleries, a theatre, and an auditorium.

Wikipedia: Centre Pompidou-Metz (EN), Website

2. Gare de Metz

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Gare de Metz Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) / CC BY 3.0

Metz-Ville station is the main railway station serving the city of Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. Sometimes spoken of as the Station Palace as it displays the apartments of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, Metz station has been registered as a Historic Monument since 15 January 1975. This designation gives legal protection to the station's facade, the roof, the departure hall, the honorary lounge, and the former station restaurant with its interior decorations.

Wikipedia: Metz-Ville station (EN)

3. Porte Serpenoise

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The Porte Serpenoise is a city gate located at the corner of Avenue Robert Schuman and Rue du Général Gaston-Dupuis in the Metz-Centre district. It remains the symbolic witness associated with several historical events of the city of Metz, of which it marked the southern limit from the third century when the Roman rampart was built, until the beginning of the twentieth century when the wall was destroyed.

Wikipedia: Porte Serpenoise (FR)

4. Palais du Gouverneur

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The Governor's Palace, formerly known as das General-Kommando, is a residence built in Metz between 1902 and 1905 to serve as a pied-à-terre for Kaiser Wilhelm II. It is located in Square Giraud in the south-west of the Metz-Centre district, but remains historically linked to the imperial district further east. It has been listed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments since 1975.

Wikipedia: Palais du Gouverneur de Metz (FR)

5. Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains

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Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) / CC BY 3.0

The church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains is an ancient religious building, whose construction dates back to the end of the fourth century. Located in Metz in Lorraine, the former civil basilica is one of the oldest buildings of this type in France to have been converted into a church in the High Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains (FR)

6. Église Saint-Martin

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The Church of Saint-Martin is one of the oldest Catholic churches and parishes in Metz. It is located in the Metz-Centre district, 25 rue des Huiliers. The patron saint is Bishop Martin of Tours. Its bell tower rings from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Martin de Metz (FR)

7. Église Saint-Joseph

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Église Saint-Joseph

The Saint-Joseph church is a building of worship of the Catholic church built in Montigny-lès-Metz, today in France, during the period of attachment to the German Empire. It has the statutes of parish church and diocesan sanctuary.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Joseph de Montigny-lès-Metz (FR)

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