Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Moselle

Caserne
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.

Porte-de-ville
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.

Patrimoine défensif
57410 Siersthal

The Simserhof, built between 1929 and 1936 in Siersthal (Moselle), is an imposing artillery fort of the Maginot line, now an iconic tourist site of the Great East.

Patrimoine défensif
57100 Thionville

Guentrange Fort, built in the early 20th century by Germany, is a fortified group located in Thionville (Moselle), integrating the Moselstellung defensive line between Metz and Thionville.

Caserne
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.

Patrimoine défensif
57070 Metz

The Fort de Queuleu, built between 1868 and 1870 in Metz, is an emblematic military structure of the city's first fortified belt. Transformed into a Nazi internment camp during the Second World War, it is today a place of memory dedicated to the Resistance and Deportation.

Porte-de-ville
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
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.