Last night was the Marche Illuminée de Metz. This 10k walk took participants all over the city, along the prettiest and best-illuminated streets to see all the beautiful holiday lights and festive decorations. There were lots of walkers out last night, French-speaking, German-speaking, English-speaking, and I caught snippets of other languages I couldn't identify. Even though we've seen the majority of these decorations lit for about 2 weeks now, there was something different and especially festive about walking through the streets, admiring the lights, with lots of other people doing the same thing.
Palais du Gouverneuraccording to the map & historical blurbs, the Palais was built in 1905 in a Flemish neo-renaissance style inspired by the gothic style of the German Renaissance.
Porte Serpenoise, bedecked with giant chandelierthe Porte Serpenoise marked the southern limits of the ville de Metz from the 3rd C. to the beginning of the 20th C.
The giant chandelieras I've just finished reading Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, I can't help but think of the Phantom's line, "She's singing to bring down the chandelier!"
Angel figures at Place Mondon
Lighted globe next to La Poste
La ville de Metz wishes us Joyeuses Fêtes - Happy Holidays
Le sapin de Noël devant la Gare - the Christmas tree in front of the train station
More lights in the streets
Magnifique! Merci!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a real Victorian streetwalk...or at least Metz's version!
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