Hi,
Free day!
Reserved seats, by courtesy of Metz City Council, to view the fireworks as part of the Mirabelle festival.
We started our treat with a visit to the Garden Man, and then shopping to buy a teatowel souvenir (got a bath mat instead, and a parking fine for taking too long).
May God smile on you today,
Elizabeth
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The Garden Man is very friendly - a city trait we enjoyed.
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We found this door stop - stops the horsedrawn cart hitting the door post. In the afternoon we got a close look at the Aquaduct.
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This comes from Gorza village where the good water was collected and piped to the citizens of Metz. It was built about 200 AD and was breached about 1800. Houses were built between the arches.
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One of the water mains receiving water from the aquaduct and piping it down to nearby houses.
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Restoration work is in progress, and the area is much visited. Max has his hand on the top of the next pillar.
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The church of St Quentin is a very old building, and is also the burial place of Robert Schuman
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Robert Schuman is the Father of the European Union, and lived here. In the calm of the Lorraine district, he saw war as the wrong way, if prosperity is to be achieved.
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Max is doing well with translating French for me, then we enjoyed a higher view of Metz,
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Metz from Scy-chazelles, and then back in town to St Segolenes church and the East End window
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The organ is on a balcony above the West End entrance, with these arched windows behind it. The top level of windows above the Nave are abstract. The North Chancel windows are older.
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This building dates from 1250, and the glass in this window may have come from the earlier church. The Crucifixion is dated before 1250 and the Madonna is also very old.
St Segolene is celebrated on 24 July. She is legendary and lived around 710 in Albi, a wife and then the first Abbess of Troclar by the River Tarn.
We attended an recital, listening to the organ built by Dalstein in 1898, he is called a postman of Boulay (Mozelle).
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St Segolene statue is of painted wood is 16th century. St Ferroel and St Ferjeux date from the middle of the 15th century.
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The Stations of the Cross are along the south aisle. The West End and entry were added in 1896 when a German architect called Wahn supervised the extension to the church.
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