Tourist attractions Mousson

A modern chapel has been built on the top of the hill. There is a panoramic view over Pont-à-Mousson, the Lorraine countryside and the River Moselle.

The former Premonstratensian abbey has three galleries that open onto an enclosed garden, capitular, boiler room and refectory. These are now exhibition spaces where modern art meets monastic buildings. There are three superb staircases, including a ..

The Maison des Sept Péchés capitaux (House of the Seven Deadly Sins), with its caryatids and towers, is where the dukes of Lorraine used to stay. The town hall is decorated with a pediment, and its council room contains tapestries showing scenes from..

This church was inspired by Champagne and Germanic styles and dates back to the early 15C. It supposedly inspired Ligier Richier when he created the Sépulcre in the church of Saint-Etienne in Saint-Mihiel. There is also a funereal recess in the flamb..

A university, a military school and then a secondary school - that is the history of this building, with its ceremonial courtyard from the 16th and 17C, after it was founded by the Jesuits in their struggle against the Reform.

This museum has a stunning collection of papier mâché objects. You will also see the work of the printers, designers and publishers who flourished here from the 16th to 18C. As for wrapping paper, go to the shop!

The Old Town includes Rue Clémenceau with a Renaissance well in the courtyard of n° 6, or Rue Saint-Laurent with the façades of n° 11 and n° 19. At n° 39, Général Duroc, hero of Austerlitz and Wagram (two well-known Paris Métro station names!) was bo..

Do not miss a work by Ligier Richier of Christ carrying the Cross.