Metz, Lorraine, France, Europe

Metz is a commune located in north-eastern France. It is located in the Grand Est region and is the capital of the Moselle department. The city lies at the confluence of the Moselle with the Seille River and is 55 km from the Luxembourg border. Metz is also the main urban center of the former Lorraine region, of which it was the capital until its suppression in 2015. A city with a very ancient history, the first permanent settlements date back to the late Bronze Age. Later in the third century BC the city, known by the name of Divodurum Mediomatricorum, became the capital of the Gallic population of the Mediomatrici, only to be occupied by the Romans, under whom it lived a period of great prosperity. During the Middle Ages Metz enjoyed wide consideration and independence, being chosen by the Merovingians as the capital of the kingdom of Austrasia, and later it was the capital of Lotharingia. Its independence ended when it was annexed to France in the 16th century. Between the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century the city was long disputed between France and Germany, who owned it alternately for 75 years, until at the end of the Second World War the city definitively returned under French control.

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