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    The Imperial Quarter of Metz is a district of the city of Metz, in the région of Grand-Est, in eastern France, initially built between 1902 and 1914 by...
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    Neustadt, Strasbourg (category Geography of Strasbourg)
    example of city planning, merging the Haussmannian model with elements of German architecture and urban planning. Aside from the Imperial Quarter of Metz, the...
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    Metz (/ˈmɛts/ METS, French: [mɛs] , Latin: Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle...
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  • Metz, the capital and the prefecture of the Moselle department in France, has a recorded history dating back over 2,000 years. During this time, it was...
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    Metz was a central point of plans for a new urban area in Metz, now called the Imperial Quarter, which was built during the first annexation of Metz into...
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    Metz in order to integrate the new Imperial Territory militarily and strategically. The "cannon railway" was completed in the 1870s. The railways of the...
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    Pompidou-Metz is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. It is a branch of Pompidou arts centre of Paris,...
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    Metz Cathedral is the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Metz, the seat of the bishops of Metz. It is dedicated to Saint Stephen. The diocese dates back...
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    the Battle of Oberhausbergen in 1262, when King Philip of Swabia granted the city the status of a free imperial city – the Imperial City of Strassburg...
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  • The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in or scheduled for release in 2024. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues...
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    the Siege of Metz and the Battle of Sedan, resulted in the capture of the French Emperor Napoleon III and the decisive defeat of the army of the Second...
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    The regiment Lancers of the Imperial Guard was a French cavalry unit of the Second Empire, forming part of the Imperial Guard. Set up in 1855, it was disbanded...
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  • archbishop of Trier by Adalbero II of Metz. Shortly after entering office he came into conflict with the citizens of Trier and imposed an interdict on them...
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    Palais du Rhin (category Monuments historiques of Strasbourg)
    (English: Palace of the Rhine), the former Kaiserpalast (Imperial palace), is a building situated in the German (north-east) quarter of Strasbourg (Neustadt)...
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    Middle Ages as an imperial free city. Among more than a hundred imperial diets held at Worms, the Diet of 1521 (commonly known as the Diet of Worms) ended...
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    and the streets of the city are attested. By laying down a residential quarter, space was made for the monumental building of the Imperial Baths. The Palastaula...
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    under rule of the Bishopric of Metz. It was passed to Diocese of Speyer in last the quarter of the 11th century, then was captured by County of Saarbrücken...
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    Prout (1880). Helen Chapin Metz. Egypt: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1990., Helen Chapin Metz, ed. Hassan, H.; Fernea,...
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    south east of Zoutleeuw; a small garrison town. But many noted people lived to the near south-west of it: Pepin of Landen, his wife, Itta of Metz (or St....
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  • new organisation was implemented under Karl Mack von Leiberich, an Imperial Decree of 22 June 1805 reduced the flags to one per battalion, the Grenadier...
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    service remains. Metz–Luxembourg railway, between Thionville and Metz, mainly on the left bank Lérouville–Metz railway, between Metz and Novéant, mainly...
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    Adelaide of Metz of the Matfriding dynasty, that had ruled the Duchy of Lorraine from 959 until 972, Conrad inherited the titles of count of Speyer and...
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    health, in particular attacks of gout such as the one that forced him to postpone an attempt to recapture the city of Metz where he was later defeated....
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    approach to Metz. Outside Metz he faced his first resistance, being compelled to storm the abbey of Gorze which was held by the Imperials. Though Metz had no...
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    the Grand Est region of France. It is the capital of the department of Marne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims. Formerly called...
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    Tertry. Pepin was the grandson of two important figures of Austrasia: Arnulf of Metz and Pepin of Landen. The mayors of the palace had gained influence...
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    Total War?, 03/06/2018, History of Modern France at War, "the besieged cities, most notably Paris, Strasbourg, Metz and Belfort came closest to experiencing...
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    active partner in political negotiations. The Benedictine chronicler Alpert of Metz describes Theophanu as being an unpleasant and chattery woman. Theophanu...
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    Koblenz (redirect from Bailiwick of Koblenz)
    (sixty livres for each recruit), and the enrolled men were then sent to Metz and afterwards to Koblenz, and in a visit by Claude Allier to Koblenz in...
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    Robert Schuman (category Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    the Lycée impérial in Metz. From 1904 to 1910, he studied law, economics, political philosophy, theology and statistics at the Universities of Berlin, Munich...
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