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Bataville in Moselle
Bataville, near Moussey in Moselle, was created by Mr Bata in 1931. He had his shoe business in Czechoslovakia and wanted to build more factories abroad. The factory has produced shoes from 1932. On top of it, Mr Bata built houses for his employees, a...
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Metz in Moselle
Metz already existed three thousands years ago and its Roman name was Divodurum. It became French in 1648. The pronounciation of Metz is "mes", the letter "t" is not pronounced. The town was included in the part Prussia took from France from 1871 to 1918....
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Centre Pompidou in Metz
Of course there were places in Lorraine to admire paintings, sculptures and other works of art before Centre Pompidou was opened in Metz in 2010, but visiting this museum is a good opportunity to see the work of famous artists whose exhibitions were not...
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Jack O'Lantern for Halloween or Rommelbootzen in Lorraine ?
About fifteen years ago shops in Lorraine started offering on display different products for Halloween. As children were enjoying mid-term holidays at this time of the year, it became very fashionable to wear costumes, prepare black and orange decorations,...
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Lutzelbourg castle in Moselle
If you don't want to drive on big roads coming back from Alsace, you can choose to go through a small valley, the Zorn valley. There are plenty of trees on each side, a typical view of the north of the Vosges mountains. As we were there at the end of...
