Visits told in the footsteps of a knight

Name: Visites contées dans les pas d’un chevalier
Start: 2022-09-18T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:45:00+02:00
Location: Porte des Allemands

A knight will make you discover the history of the building, to make you travel in time.

Dimanche 18 septembre 2022, 11h00, 12h00, 14h00, 15h00, 16h00, 17h00Passé

©Olivier Toussaint

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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À propos du lieu

Porte des Allemands

Boulevard André Maginot, 57000 Metz

Moselle
Grand Est

The door is a vestige of the urban surrounding wall(speaker) of the XIIIth century s., and had a double function(office) of bridge(deck) and of strengthened door. She(It) knew different allocations(appointments) and different periods of restoration(catering). At the end of the XIXth century s. in particular the building was transformed into medieval element, with all imaging appropriate(peculiar) to this period. This is the way(That's how) the crenellated facade of the building, often highlighted is due to the German architect Paul Tornow, which also intervened on the cathedral Saint-Etienne during the period of Annexation.