[Illustration] Founded in 1668, the choir, nave and aisles were begun in 1680 by _Spinga_, an Italian. The portal was damaged during the Revolution. To-day the church forms part of the college founded by the Jesuits. A fine cloister with a well should be visited. _Return to Rue des Bénédictins and follow it as far as Rue St. Vincent (on the left), which leads to the square of the same name, where stands the curious_ =Church of St. Vincent=, founded in 1248. Partially destroyed by fire in 1711, by an apostate monk, it was used as a stable during the Revolution, and then as a hospital in 1814. Once more a church, a portal in composite style was added. The graceful nave on twelve shafted pillars, the symmetrical choir and the fine chapels in pointed style are well worth seeing. _Continue along Rue St. Vincent, on the other side of the square. Its continuation, Rue St. Marcel, leads to Rue du Pont-à-Mort, into which turn to the left._ [Illustration: ST. MARCEL BRIDGE AND THE PROTESTANT CHURCH _Seen from Moyen Bridge._] _Cross the Moselle by Moyen Bridge_ (lovely view). _Take Rue St. Marie, which continues the bridge_, then Rue du Faisan on the left, _leading to the_ pretty little Place de Chambre. This square owes its name to the Knights of Malta, who in 1323 lived there in a castle called _Petit St. Jean_. _From the Place de Chambre return to the Cathedral and to the Place d’Armes by the narrow Rue d’Estrées._ [Illustration: MOYEN BRIDGE] [Illustration: MOYEN BRIDGE AND THE CATHEDRAL _Seen from Saulcy Island._] THIRD DAY METZ-ETAIN-VERDUN (_See Itinerary, pp. 138–139_) [Illustration] _Leave Metz (Place d’Armes) by Rue d’Estrées, cross Place de Chambre (soon reached on the left), take Rue Faisan, then Rue St. Marie, leading to Moyen Bridge over an arm of the Moselle. Cross the bridge and take Rue du Pont-à-Mort. Cross the ramparts, then the second arm of the Moselle. Take Rue de Paris and, follow the tram lines towards Moulins; after crossing the second belt of ramparts and the railway, the route turns to the left._ [Illustration: THE PREFECTURE BRIDGE] _The road hereabouts is bordered with fine trees. After passing through_ =Ban-St.-Martin= (Infantry Barracks _on the right_) and =Longeville-les-Metz=, _the tourist arrives at_ =Moulins.= _At the fork, take the Verdun road, on the right, which passes in front of the barracks._ _Two hundred yards beyond Moulins leave on the right the Briey road, and at the milestone marked “Metz 7 km.,” turn to the left into the uphill road to_ =Gravelotte.= [Illustration] _Near milestone “Metz 9 km.,” there is_ a fine view of Metz: _in the foreground_ the village of Rozérieulles is seen in the valley; _in the background_, the Moselle valley and Metz.