Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . 113 X METZ From across the Moselle, on the height justto the south of the city of Metz, is to be hadone of those widely spread panoramas whichdefy the artist or the photographer to repro-duce. There is an old French saying that theRhine had power; the Rhone impetuosity;the Loire nobility; and the Moselle eleganceand grace. This last is well shown in thecharming river-bottom which spreads itselfabout the ancient Mediomatricorum, as Metzwas known to the Romans. The enormously tall nave and transepts ofthe cathedral of Metz dominate every otherstructure in t
Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . 113 X METZ From across the Moselle, on the height justto the south of the city of Metz, is to be hadone of those widely spread panoramas whichdefy the artist or the photographer to repro-duce. There is an old French saying that theRhine had power; the Rhone impetuosity;the Loire nobility; and the Moselle eleganceand grace. This last is well shown in thecharming river-bottom which spreads itselfabout the ancient Mediomatricorum, as Metzwas known to the Romans. The enormously tall nave and transepts ofthe cathedral of Metz dominate every otherstructure in the city, in a fashion quite in keep-ing with the strategic importance of the placefrom a military point of view. Time was when ecclesiastical affairs andmilitary matters were much more closely al-lied than now, and certainly if there was any 114 §^ ^.
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