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Saturday 15 September 2018, 10:30Passed

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free Visit; group limited to 25 people; duration of visit 1 h 30

Registration

03-87-39-00-00 tourisme@inspire-metz.com

September 2018

Saturday 15

10:30 - 12:00

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Gare de Metz

Place du Général de Gaulle, 57000 Metz

Moselle
Grand Est

The Amphitheater Quarter

Name: The Amphitheater Quarter
Start: 2018-09-15T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-15T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Gare de Metz

Guided tour "The urban development of Metz from the 20th century to our days".

Saturday 15 September 2018, 10:30Passed

Conditions

free Visit; group limited to 25 people; duration of visit 1 h 30

Registration

03-87-39-00-00 tourisme@inspire-metz.com

Metz, living city, begins(affects) at this beginning of the XXIth century a new transformation with the creation of a new urban district at the heart of the city: the district of the amphitheatre(lecture hall). This urban planning project is of an unsurpassed importance for more than a century. This visit is bilingual French-German.

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Visite commentée / Conférence

Édition 2018

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Gratuit, Sur inscription

About the location

Gare de Metz

Place du Général de Gaulle, 57000 Metz

Moselle
Grand Est

The station of Metz was inaugurated in 1908 by the German imperial Department of the Railroads of Alsace-Lorraine. Both previous stations were respectively built in 1850 and 1878\. Œuvre of the Berlin architect Jürgen Kröger, this monumental building is built in sandstone of Niderviller in a Rhenish neo-Romanic style. The building(ship)-traveller is along 300 m, the clock tower amounts to 40 m. The decoration(set) of facades evokes conquests of German Empire. The first function(office) of the station of Metz is military, terminus of the strategical train line of artillery ", this network allowing to move 20 000 men(people) in 24 hours. The building(ship) of the station of Metz (facade, roofing, hall of departures, lounge(show) of honour) is registered in conformance with(for) historic monuments since 1975\.