3000 YEARS OF HISTORY
Located at the confluence of the Seille and Moselle, Metz was successively a large Gallo-Roman city, with an amphitheater containing 25,000 spectators, the great capital of the kingdom of Austrasia, the cradle of the Carolingians.
The town is dominated by its Gothic Cathedral (XIIIe-XVIe siècles), air and light, its long history has left numerous traces marked by wealth can be seen at the Museum of the Court d 'Or, Saint stone Nonnains (Basilica of the fourth century).
See also, the hotel Saint Livier (XII-XIII centuries), the chapel of Saint-Genest, the old St. Louis with its arcades, the chapel of the Templars, the door of Germans (XIIIe-XVe siècle), Palace justice, places of guns and comedy which date from the eighteenth century.
Green spaces, ponds, streets pedestrian promenades complement today famous Messines and in particular the wide open plaza on the Moselle valley and the Mont Saint-Quentin, which dominates the city.