Guided tour "In the discovery of the station of Metz"

Name: Visite guidée "A la découverte de la gare de Metz"
Start: 2019-09-21T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-09-22T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Gare de Metz

Discovery of the monumental building of the station of Metz, inaugurated in 1908

21 et 22 septembre 2019Passat

Inscripcion

com.gares@sncf.fr 03 83 22 17 88

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À propos du lieu

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\.

Etiquetas

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

Accès

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

©Ville de Metz

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