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Château de Mercy is located in Ars-Laquenexy, in the former commune of Mercy, east of Metz. In 1855, Baron Romuald de Mandell sold the estate to Viscount Maurice du Coëtlosquet; the former château was destroyed in September 1870, during the fighting around Metz. Between 1905 and 1908, Marie de Guerre, widow of Maurice du Coëtlosquet, had it rebuilt to the designs of Henri Klein, in a spirit of asserting French culture in annexed Moselle. This large eclectic château of the Belle Époque, built in Savonnières stone and reinforced concrete, blends Gothic, Renaissance, classical and Art Nouveau references; Eugène Vallin, of the École de Nancy, created the decorations of the dining room, the library and a state bedroom. The chapel, dating from 1626, survives from the previous estate. Sold in 1926, the château entered military ownership in 1938 and housed, among other units, the command of the First Army in 1990. The château and its chapel have been listed as monuments historiques since 2019, and a conversion project into housing and shops was approved in 2021.