About the City
Metz is a city in the northeast of France, capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the department of Moselle. It is located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.
Although historically Nancy was the capital of the duchy of Lotharingia, it was Metz which was chosen as the capital of the newly created region of Lorraine in the middle of the 20th century, because of its past history as the capital of the region of Lotharingia - an origin found much more republican-friendly than the duchy-related theory, pointing to Nancy as the region capital.
Due to his German heritage, and military tradition, Metz is quite an unliked town in France, but most of the criticism about Metz is cliché. In fact, Metz is a unique town in France thanks to a great historical background and features a beautiful old town built using the "pierre de Jaumont", a local yellow colored limestone.
