Discover a witness of the past glory of the Holy Empire

Name: Discover a witness of the past glory of the Holy Empire
Start: 2021-09-18T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-09-19T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Gare de Metz

Let yourself be guided in the station of Metz and go back in time, to the time of William II.

18 and 19 September 2021Passed

Conditions

Free. Online registration from September 1st. Sanitary pass and mask mandatory.

Registration

©Alexis Toureau

Let yourself be guided in the station of Metz and go back in time, to the time of William II.

This prestigious building includes the apartments and the reception pavilion of the emperor, reception halls, galleries.
During these days, we will visit the Emperor’s Lounge (also called the Hall of Honour), as well as the Hall of the Chope.

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\.