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Show Metz Once Roman Stronghold. The Romans called the city of Metz DiVodurum, and as it was the junction junc-tion point of their military roads, they fortified it. This was before the Christian era. The town blocked the attacks of the earlier Huns, and in the fifth century It passed into the hands of the Franks, when its first Christian house of worship was built. Charles the Bold was' crowned la fileta, and Louis the Pious was buried there. In SI3 Metz was the capital of the kingdom of Lorraine. |