Metz
A year before the arrival of the Eastern European TGV, Metz is really heading towards urban and economic development. Amongst the projects of international standing it is worth mentioning the Metz-Pompidou Centre. The first major developments in the western part of the Amphitheatre Area will see 50,000m2 of offices 50,000 m2 of businesses and supplies, housing for 1,500, a media centre and a Conference centre.
As in Paris, the Metz-Pompidou Centre will also enjoy innovatory architecture. Over 10,000m2 surface area, 5,000m2 will be dedicated to showcasing work.
Also in the Amphitheatre area, "Les Arènes" a multi-sports arena with 4,300 seater capacity has been a venue providing an ambitious range of sporting events and shows since September 2001.
Finally, since May 2002, the Parc de la Seille has linked the areas south of the city and the historic centre.
www. mairie-metz.fr
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Nancy
Nancy, a town with 105,000 residents, is the central town of "Grand Nancy", the 5th largest urban group in France, numbering some 270,000 residents in 20 towns.
Its rich cultural and architectural heritage makes it a town with many levels: medieval, renaissance, baroque, and art nouveau, with a firm footing in the twenty-first century.
The former King of Poland, Stanislas Leszczynski became Duke of Lorraine and gave Nancy a wonderful gift of Baroque inspiration, which gained the town world-wide acclaim. He ordered the construction of the Place with golden gates, which is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and which bears his name to this very day.
It is an artistic town, and at the end of the nineteenth century it gave its name to an art nouveau movement, giving France her first modern Decorative Arts movement and a new architectural style.
www.mairie-nancy.fr
www.grand-nancy.org
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