Guided Tour: “As You Walk Through the Door”

Name: Guided Tour: “As You Walk Through the Door”
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:45:00+02:00
Location: Porte des Allemands

Let yourself be guided, in order to discover a vestige of the 13th century urban enclosure that has undergone several stages of restoration.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 11:00, 15:15, 16:30, 17:15Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©Philippe Gisselbrecht

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

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.