Quartier Impérial

At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, Metz built the Imperial District, a model of urban planning born of the will of Emperor Wilhelm II. It unfolds around the huge railway station, built between 1905 and 1908 on more than 3,000 piles. Built of grey sandstone, it is reminiscent of the sturdy castles of the Rhine valley. On either side of the district's spacious thoroughfares rise the multicolored facades of apartment buildings and private homes, built by architects from all over Europe. From neo-Romanesque to Art Deco and Jugendstil, all the architectural trends of the Belle Epoque blend harmoniously.