Guided tour «The station, bestiary and symbolic»

Name: Guided tour «The station, bestiary and symbolic»
Start: 2021-09-19T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-09-19T11:30:00+02:00
Location: Gare de Metz

Come and discover the train station of Metz, a real book of images.

Sunday 19 September 2021, 10:00, 10:45Passed

Conditions

Free. Registration required. 15 children maximum (each child is accompanied by 1 adult). Meet Clock Tower on the station square.

Registration

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

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Come and discover the train station of Metz, a real book of images.

Who are these men, women and children, beasts and creatures who are jostling the walls of this station? Prepare your tickets! The journey will begin…

About the location

Gare de Metz

Place du Général de Gaulle, 57000 Metz

Moselle
Grand Est

Tags

Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Monument historique, Édifice industriel, scientifique et technique, Patrimoine ferroviaire, des transports et du génie civil

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\.

Access

Access side Centre Pompidou, or access by the place(square) de Gaulle

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