Editing Metz (section)

=== Administrative heritage ===
* the town square and its surrounding [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] buildings, built by French architect [[Jacques-François Blondel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.univ-metz.fr/recherche/labos/2l2s/activites/JF-Blondel-Colloque-mars-2010.pdf |title=City embellishment by Jacques-François Blondel, Seminar series, March 2010 |access-date=1 July 2012 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/68qkJXdr7?url=http://www.univ-metz.fr/recherche/labos/2l2s/activites/JF-Blondel-Colloque-mars-2010.pdf |archive-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>
* the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] courthouse (former [[Governor#France|Governor]]'s Palace), built by French artist [[Charles-Louis Clérisseau]],<ref name="architecture" /> location in 1775 of the ''[[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette#Joining the American War|Diner of Metz]]'' when [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette|Lafayette]] met [[Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec|Marquis of Ruffec]] and [[Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Duke of Gloucester]] and decided to support the [[American Revolutionary War]].
* the [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] [[Gare de Metz-Ville|Station-Palace]] and Central Post Office, built by German architect [[Jürgen Kröger]].<ref name="gare" />
* the Northeast France defence headquarters (former [[Kaiser]] [[headquarters]]), built by German architects Schönhals and Stolterfoth in a neo-Flemish style.<ref name="imperial" />