Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Moselle

Fortification
57630 Marsal

The fortifications of Marsal, built in the 17th century in the marshy plain of La Seille en Moselle, are a bastioned ensemble designed by Vauban to protect this ancient Lorraine salt town. Integrated into the Lorraine Regional Nature Park, they reflect a strategic and industrial past marked by the exploitation of salt since ancient times.

School
57000 Metz

The School of Artillery and Engineering of Metz, founded in the 3rd quarter of the 18th century, is a former military school located in the Abbey of St. Arnould in Metz (Great East).

Case
57000 Metz

The Cloître barracks, built in the 17th century in Metz, was an infantry barracks on Chambière Island, now replaced by Fabert High School. Its Louis XIII gates are classified as historical monuments.

Fortification
57400 Sarrebourg

The fortifications of Sarrebourg, built in the 13th century in the city of Moscow, are a medieval vestige composed of towers and ramparts partially classified as historical monuments.

City gate
57430 Sarralbe

The fortifications of Sarralbe, built between the 15th and 16th centuries, protect the town of Sarralbe in Moselle. Classified as a historical monument, they bear witness to medieval and reborn defensive architecture.

City gate
57570 Rodemack

The fortifications of Rodemack, built in the 15th century, form a medieval defensive complex of 700 meters of ramparts, round towers and murderous, located in the Moselle in the Great East, nicknamed the little Lorraine Carcassonne.

Fortification
57000 Metz

Metz's guard corps, an 18th-century neoclassical building located on Place d'Armes, was initially used to house soldiers guarding the town hall and Parliament. Today, it houses the city's tourism office.

Case
57000 Metz

The Ney Barracks, a former 19th-century engineering barracks, is an emblematic military building in Metz, Lorraine. Its sculpted high reliefs and "U"-shaped architecture make it a notable historical heritage.