France City  -  Metz

It is located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille.

Although historically Nancy was the capital of the duchy of Lorraine and later the French province of Lorraine, it was Metz which was chosen as the capital of the newly created région of Lorraine in the middle of the 20th century.

 
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Local Attractions - Places to Visit    

The city is famous for its yellow limestone architecture: la Pierre de Jaumont and for its nickname "The Green City" (25m² - 270sq ft of park/garden/playground per inhabitant)

• The gothic cathedral St. Etienne (features stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall) More>>
  
• St-Pierre-aux-Nonnains - the oldest church in France, built between 380 and 395 AD as a Roman gymnasium, and 'recycled' as a Christian church during the 7th century.
• Ste-Segolene church which dated back to 13th-14th century
• St-Martin church

  

  Le Pont Moyen

• St-Vincente church
• St-Pierre-de-la-Citadelle
• St-Euchaire
• St-Maximin
• Ruins of city walls
• City gates: Porte Serpenoise, Porte des Allemands
• Jewish Cemetery
• Railway Station More >>

History    

In ancient times Metz, then known as Divodurum (the town at the holy mountain), was the capital of the Celtic Mediomatrici, and the name of this tribe, contracted into Mettis, formed the origin of the present name. More>>

Football   

It is represented in the Ligue 1 Orange, the French premier football division, by F.C. Metz, although Metz will drop from Ligue 1 at the end of the 2006 season, and will play the 2006/07 season in Ligue 2

Famous People    

Metz was the birthplace of:

• Rabbenu Gershom, rabbi
• Charles Ancillon, prominent Huguenot
• S. M. Stirling, science fiction, author
• Francois Barbé-Marbois, politician in the French Revolutionary government
• Paul Verlaine, poet
• Louis Le Prince, first man to shoot moving images
• Pilâtre de Rozier, first man to fly in a hot air balloon

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