The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30

the new province thus constituted be-
After that period the capital of Lor-
raine remained impregnable; vainly
did Brunswick in 1892 and Butcher in
1914 strive to render themselves mas
ter of the citadel. Had it not been
for Marshal Bazaine's infamous capt..
ulatiOn which, signed on October %
1870, delivered to the Germans 173..
600 men, 5000 officers and three
marshalS, not to speak of 1868 cannon
and 50 fiags-Metz never would have
fallen nor have been subjected for AZ
years to the tyranny and bondage
from which the allies have at last
accomplished its complete deliverance.
Has Twenty-Sev Palaces.
Metz is a fine city, possessing no
less than q palaces" few of which
houses of the Place st. CrOix, 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 ney-changers. The
Place de la Coincide, which is encir.
cled by the Moselle, is decorated al
one of it's extremities by fine Quln.
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 Thierry
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 Alsatian artist
named Valentine BOusch. Relics 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 a 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 a facade which, it must be
admitted, though due to the celebrated
Blondel spoils the aspect of the edi-
flee by its classic outlines.
Some Interesting Churches.
Metz possesses several curious
st. Sigolene, dating from the end of
the twelfth century, possesses some
particularly fine stained glass, and a
chapel executed after the design of the
Sainte Chappelle of Paris. The church
of the old abbey of st. Vincent, 124S,
is remarkable for it's 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 Bepedictine monastery, was
constructed 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
interest.
Metz contains many picturesque re-
mains of the past, such as the old for
titled house dating from the twelfth
century, with its quadrangular dun
geon, situated in the Rue des Trini-
taires. In the Rue Nexirue there is
charming residence, and in the Rue
Jurue curious old door, which, it is
said, was the entrance to an oratory
of the Templars.