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Metz

Metz is an industrial city in the département of Moselle, in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

It is represented in la Ligue Nationale, the French premier football division by F.C. Metz.

Sights

• the gothic cathedral St. Etienne (features stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall)
• Ste-Segolene church which dated back to 13th-14th century
• St-Martin church
• St-Martin church
• St-Vincente church
• St-Pierre-de-la-Citadelle
• St-Euchaire
• St-Maximin
• ruins of city walls
• city gates: Porte Serpenoise, Porte des Allemands

Metz was the birthplace of:

• Charles Ancillon
• S. M. Stirling, science fiction author
• Francois Barbé-Marbois
• Paul Verlaine

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