Lorraine Regional Natural Park
Lorraine Regional Natural Park is a protected area of pastoral countryside in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, in the historic region of Lorraine. The park covers a total area of 205,000 hectares. The parkland is split in two non-contiguous parcels of land between the cities of Metz and Nancy, and spans the three departments of Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Moselle. According to the World Database on Protected Areas, it is an IUCN category V area.
The Côtes de Meuse, viewed from the Butte de Montsec
Ruins of the Château de Prény, original castle of the Dukes of Lorraine
Metz is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany and Luxembourg, the city forms a central place of the European Greater Region and the SaarLorLux euroregion.
Clockwise from top: overview of city centre 1(with Cathedral of Saint Stephen), Imperial Quarter, Temple Neuf, Germans' Gate, Opéra-Théâtre (place de la Comédie)
Henry II of France entering Metz in 1552, putting an end to the Republic of Metz.
Paul Verlaine by Edmond Aman-Jean, 1892, oil on canvas, Golden Courtyard museums Metz with its magnificent open countries, prolific undulating rivers, wooded hillsides, vineyards of fire; cathedral all in volute, where the wind sings as a flute, and responding to it via the Mutte: this big voice of the good Lord!— Paul Verlaine, Ode to Metz, Invectives, 1896
The city hall on the Place d'Armes.