Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Moselle

Site castral
57340 Haboudange

The Haboudange castral site, located in the municipality of the same name in Moselle, is a 13th century medieval castle transformed into a seigneurial residence in the 16th century, typical of Lorraine.

57070 Metz

The Bellecroix Gate, built between 1731 and 1749, is a classical fortification of Metz in Jaumont stone, integrated with the medieval ramparts of the city in the Great East.

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
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.

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.

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.

École
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).