With its twenty miles of landscaped walks along rivers, canals and along the ramparts, Metz is a green garden city, winner of the first European Prize for Flowered Cities...
The city is famous for its yellow limestone architecture: la Pierre de Jaumont and for its nickname 'The Green City' (25m2 - 270sqft of park/garden/playground per inhabitant)
圣艾蒂安大教堂(Cathedral Saint Etienne) 位于Armes广场上,教堂对面则是豪华的Hotel de Ville. 当天正好有一对新人在此举行婚礼。这座宏伟的哥特式大教堂以其高度的和谐让人敬服。它的屋顶在 1877 的火灾后用铜重建, 而左右两边Chapitre塔楼的历史都可以上溯到13世纪。教堂内大面积精美的玻璃彩画使教堂赢得了“上帝灯笼”的美誉。\u0006这座恢宏
哥特式教堂
梅兹市内的主要景点:
* the Gothic cathedral St. Etienne (features stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall)
* St-Pierre-aux-Nonnains - the oldest church in France, built between 380 and 395AD as a Roman gymnasium, and 'recycled' as a Christian church during the 7th century.
* Ste-Segolene church which dates back to 13th-14th century
* 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 (German Gate)
* Jewish Cemetery
* Railway Station