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17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free. Free entrance.
September 2022
Saturday 17
08:30 - 18:30
Sunday 18
09:00 - 18:30

Église Saint-Martin-aux-Champs

Place Saint-Martin, 57000 Metz
  • Moselle
  • Grand Est

Free visit of a 13th century church

Come discover or rediscover the church and its sumptuous decorations.
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
Free. Free entrance.
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Visite libre
Thème 2022
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About the location

Église Saint-Martin-aux-Champs
Place Saint-Martin, 57000 Metz
  • Moselle
  • Grand Est
This church is one of the oldest parishes in Metz. Built on the ancient Roman rampart in the 9th century, it was rebuilt in the 13th century, at the time of the last jobs of the Romanesque style and the first of the Gothic style. This church has the particularity of having no facade and having the south arm of the transept shortened by the piercing of Lasalle Street. In 1887, the German architect Conrad Wahn built a new bell tower in the Gothic Revival style. The stained glass windows of 1881 are the work of Messin Laurent-Charles Maréchal, master glassmaker and leader of the Metz School, whose works can be found throughout the city. But the church also contains other riches. The visitor under the crossroads of the transept will not fail to look up to see a sumptuous vault in stars. The building also contains a 14th-century Gothic sculpture depicting the Nativity, when the Virgin breastfeeds the Child Jesus. On this side of the church, one can finally observe polychrome shields in the
Tags
Monument historique, Édifice religieux
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