Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-05-30

the new province thus constituted be
Ing known as the Three Blshoprics
After that period the capital of Lor
raine remained impregnable; vainl.
did Brunswick in 1892 and Butcher II
1914 strive TO render themselves mas
ter Of the citadel Had II not beer
for Marshal Bazalne's Infamous capt.
ulation which, signed on october %
1870, delivered TO the Germans 173,
OOO men, 6,000 officers and tire,
nnrshals, not to speak Of 1863 cannon
and 10 fiags-Metz never would hay,
fallen nor have been subjected for AZ
years to the tyranny and bondage
from which the allies have ut last
accomplished its complete dellverance
Has Twenty. Seven Palaces.
Metz Is Il fine city. possessing nc
less than y palaces II few OF which
are really worth considering. All the
houses Of the Place st. Crolx, for In.
stance, most OF which date from the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. are
built on the remains Of Roman aque-
ducts and vaults. The Place st. Louis
still boasts of many houses which are
classed as historical monuments, with
crenelated roofs, and which, In the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were
the residences of money-changers. The
Place de la Coincide, which is encir-
ced by the Mosele, Is decorated ut
one Of It's eXtremitles by n fine quin-
cunx while the Place Royale Is the
largest Of which Metz can boast.
The cathedral. originally known as
the Church Of st. Etienne, is a Gothic
building which was begun in the first
years of the third century by Therry
III, bishop of Metz, and finished In
1916. The beautiful stained.glass win
dOws date from the fourteenth and
sixteenth centuries; those OF the choir
are the work of an Alsatlan artist
named Valentine BOusch. Relies of
Roman domination are found even In
the cathedral; the baptismal font is an
antique, red porphyry bath. while the
pulpit OF ST. Clement was carved In
the summit of Roman column.
The cathedral of Metz is one of the
largest Gothic basilicas In existence;
the nave was first built in 1882, under
the direction of Adhemar of Monteil
a Frenchman. The choir dates from
1903, but the nave was only closed In
1854 by facade which, 1t must be
admitted, though due to the celebrated
spells the aspect of the edi-
fee by its classic outlines.
Some Interesting Churches.
Metz possesses several curious
among which the Church of
st. Slgolene, dating from the end OF
the twelfth century. possesses some
fine stained glass, and
chapel executed after the design of the
Sainte Chappelle of Paris. The church
Of the old abbey Of st. Vincent, 124s,
Is remarkable for Its fine nave sup.
ported by II pillars, the chapters OF
which are decorated by small columns.
The Church of st. Clement, all that re-
mains of Benedictine monastery, was
in the seventeenth CEN
fury; while the oratory of the monas.
terry Of the Templars, belonging to the
twelfth century and situated In the
citadel, also offers real archaeological
Metz contains many picturesque re-
mains of the past, such as the old for
tilted house dating from the twelfth
century, with its quadrangular dun
yeon, situated In the Rue des T~inl-
aires. In the Rue Nexirue there Is a
residence, and In the Rue |
Iurue curious old door, which, II IL
'aid, was the entrance to an oratory
If the Templars.