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Palais du Gouverneur

France

Style
Renaissance Revival architecture
Architect
Ferdinand Schönhals
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit
Location
Metz
Coordinates
49.1134°, 6.1684°
Links
Wikimedia Commons · Plan
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Palais du Gouverneur in France
Photo: Ga5775 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Palais du Gouverneur, formerly called General-Kommando, is a building constructed in Metz between 1902 and 1905 to serve as the residence of the general commanding the German XVI Army Corps. It also received Emperor Wilhelm II during his stays in Metz.

It is located on square Giraud in the south-west of the Metz-Centre district, but remains historically linked to the imperial quarter further east.

The façades and the roofs of the palace were registered as historic monuments by decree of 15 January 1975.

Machine-translated from “Palais du Gouverneur de Metz” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Palais du Gouverneur ranks #7,351 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #705 of the 954 mapped in France. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 898 times in the last 60 days, more than 52% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Metz, 1 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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