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Bibliothèque municipale de Metz |
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Not far from the ruins of the parish church of Saint-Livier (13th – 16th c.) and opposite the former Benedictine monastery of Saint-Clément stands the Médiathèque du Pontiffroy, built in the 1970s as part of the redevelopment of a town quarter of Metz which had long retained its rural character. Architecturally a deliberate break with its surroundings, the Médiathèque has housed the medieval manuscripts, incunabula and new media under one roof since it opened in 1977. |