Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Metz, France

The Templar Chapel, the only vestige of a Templar commandery founded in the twelfth century, is located in the Arsenal district of Metz.

Wikipedia: Chapelle des Templiers de Metz (FR)

The Ney arsenal, located at 3 avenue Ney in Metz in Moselle, was a military building under the Second Empire intended for the storage of arms and ammunition for the Metz garrison. Rehabilitated and refurbished by Ricardo Bofill, in 1989 the place became the Arsenal, a set of performance and exhibition halls, essentially devoted to classical music and contemporary dance, where many recitals and concerts are represented. Since February 2024, the building has been named Arsenal-Jean-Marie-Rausch, in tribute to the former mayor of Metz, who died at the beginning of the year.

Wikipedia: Arsenal (salle de spectacle) (FR), Website

The Church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains is a fourth-century Gallo-Roman building located in Metz, Lorraine. The building is an old palaestra of a thermal complex, or a civil basilica, converted into an abbey church before the seventh century AD. In the seventh century, the building was the church of a Benedictine abbey, which settled on the site.

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

The birthplace of Paul Verlaine is located in the city of Metz, in the Grand Est region.

Wikipedia: Maison natale de Paul Verlaine (FR)

The Abbey of Saint-Arnould, St. Arnold, Saint-Arnoult or Abbey of the Holy Apostles is a Benedictine abbey residing in Metz since the 6th century.

Wikipedia: Abbey of Saint-Arnould (EN)

Metz Cathedral is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Metz, the seat of the bishops of Metz. It is dedicated to Saint Stephen. The diocese dates back at least to the 4th century and the present cathedral building was begun in the early 14th century. In the mid-14th century, it was joined to the collegiate church of Notre-Dame, and given a new transept and late Gothic chevet, finished between 1486 and 1520. The cathedral treasury displays a rich collection assembled over the long centuries of the history of the Metz diocese and include sacred vestments and items used for the Eucharist.

Wikipedia: Metz Cathedral (EN), Website

The Place d'Armes is a rectangular cobbled square in Metz.

Wikipedia: Place d'Armes (Metz) (FR)

The guardhouse, located on Place d'Armes in Metz, houses the town's tourist office. Designed by Jacques-François Blondel at the same time as the City Hall, it faces the old Parliament.

Wikipedia: Corps de garde de Metz (FR), Website

The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Metz, Moselle, northeast France, standing on the Place D'Armes. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1922.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Ville, Metz (EN)

The former chapel of Saint-Genest, disused, was a Catholic building of worship located on the slopes of the Sainte-Croix hill behind the Fournirue in Metz. It was dedicated to the actor Saint Genest, martyred in Rome.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Saint-Genest de Metz (FR)

The Hôtel de Malte is a medieval residence, located on rue des Murs, on the Sainte-Croix hill, in Metz, owned by the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem from 1565 to the Revolution, just like the neighbouring Saint-Genest chapel.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Malte (FR)

The Cloister of the Recollets is a former medieval convent in the Ancienne Ville district of Metz in Moselle. The current buildings house Jean-Marie Pelt's European Institute of Ecology and the municipal archives.

Wikipedia: Cloître des Récollets de Metz (FR)

The Hôtel de la Bulle or de la Bulette, located on Place Sainte-Croix in the old town district of Metz, is a Gothic building built in the fourteenth century and completely remodelled in the 1930s.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de la Bulette (FR)

The Frac Lorraine, also known as 49 Nord 6 Est, is a public collection of contemporary art of the Grand Est region in France. It is located in Metz.

Wikipedia: Frac Lorraine (EN), Website

The Hôtel Saint-Livier, located at 1 rue des Trinitaires in Metz, is the oldest civil building in the city, both a defensive castle and a luxurious residence.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Saint-Livier (FR)

The Church of the Trinitarians is located in the commune of Metz in the Moselle department in France.

Wikipedia: Église des Trinitaires (FR)

The Musée de La Cour d'Or is a museum of art and history located in the centre of Metz, in Lorraine. Founded in 1839, it was named the Musée de la Cour d'Or in 1988, in reference to the palace of the kings of Austrasia whose museum occupies the presumed historical site. The museum is currently managed by the metropolis of Metz. The institution brings together within the same complex an archaeological museum with rich collections of Gallo-Roman and medieval art, a museum of medieval and Renaissance architecture, and a museum of fine arts.

Wikipedia: Musées de Metz (FR), Website

The granary of Chèvremont is an imposing municipal granary built in Metz in 1457 and topped with battlements.

Wikipedia: Grenier de Chèvremont (FR)

The Sainte-Ségolène church is a Catholic church located on Place Jeanne-d'Arc on the Sainte-Croix hill, in the Ancienne Ville district of Metz. The building has been partially classified and listed as a historical monument since 29 September 1981. It has been listed in its entirety since April 4, 2013.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Ségolène de Metz (FR)

The Church of the Grands-Carmes is a former Catholic religious building located in the commune of Metz in the Moselle department (France). Of the church built at the end of the fourteenth century, only ruins remain today.

Wikipedia: Église des Grands-Carmes de Metz (FR)

The Consistorial Synagogue of Metz is a Jewish place of worship located on rue du rabbi Élie Bloch, in the city center district of Metz. The building has been listed as a historical monument since December 6, 1984.

Wikipedia: Synagogue de Metz (FR)

The Church of Saint-Clément is the former Benedictine abbey church of the Abbey of Saint-Clément de Metz, in the Pontiffroy district. This hall church dedicated to St. Clement, the first bishop of the city in the third century, presents a rare synthesis of Baroque and Gothic styles.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Clément de Metz (FR)

The Church of Saint-Livier is a ruined Catholic church located in Metz, Moselle, in the Pontiffroy district.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Livier (FR)

The Antonists' barn is a medieval warehouse of the former Saint-Antoine commandery dating from the fourteenth century. It is located on rue des Piques, below the cathedral in the old Metz district.

Wikipedia: Grange des Antonistes (FR)

The Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole, also known as the Metz Opera, is a 750-seat opera house and theatre located on the Petit-Saulcy island in Metz, capital of the Lorraine region, France. It is the oldest opera house working in France and one of the oldest in Europe. It is also one of the last possessing its own costume atelier in France.

Wikipedia: Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole (EN), Website

The New Temple, or New Protestant Temple, is a Reformed building of worship built in Metz between 1901 and 1905, during the Wilhelminian period. The parish is now a member of the Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine.

Wikipedia: Temple Neuf de Metz (FR)

The Capture of Kufra was part of the Allied Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War. Kufra is a group of oases in the Kufra District of south-eastern Cyrenaica in the Libyan Desert. In 1940, it was part of the colony of Italian Libya Libia Italiana, which was part of Africa Settentrionale Italiana (ASI), which had been established in 1934. With some early assistance from the British Long Range Desert Group, Kufra was besieged from 31 January to 1 March 1941 by Free French forces which forced the surrender of the Italian and Libyan garrison.

Wikipedia: Capture of Kufra (EN), Website

The Théâtre Bernard-Marie Koltès is located in the heart of the Ricœur building (L) on the campus of the University of Paris Nanterre. It was renovated in 2019 and can accommodate 350 spectators.

Wikipedia: Théâtre Bernard-Marie-Koltès (FR), Website