Cathédrale St-Étienne

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    place St-Étienne, Quartier de la Gare
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Metz' stupendous Gothic Cathédrale St-Étienne, built between 1220 and 1522, is famed for its veritable curtains of 13th- to 20th-century stained glass, among the finest in France. The superb Flamboyant Gothic windows (1504), on the main wall of the north transept arm, provide a remarkable stylistic contrast with the glorious Renaissance windows on the main wall of the south transept arm, created a mere two decades later.

There are windows by Chagall on the western wall of the north transept arm (yellow predominates) and in the nearby section of the ambulatory (over the entrance to the Grande Sacristie; reds and blues set the tone), where you'll also find the treasury.In the 15th-century crypt you can see a 15th-century sculpture of the Graoully (' grau -lee' or ' grau -yee'), a dragon that is said to have terrified pre-Christian Metz. Try to visit on a bright day. Like the city centre's other major monuments, the cathedral is beautifully illuminated at night (until ).