En un regard
Le château en bref
On the banks of the French Nied, some fifteen kilometres east of Metz, the Château de Pange is a classical mansion built in 1720 for Jean-Baptiste-Louis Thomas, first Marquis de Pange. His family had been ennobled in 1626 through Pierre Thomas, Chancellor of Lorraine. The building follows a symmetrical composition: a central main block crowned by a triangular pediment, flanked by two pavilions that frame the façade facing the river. A small church from the mid-19th century, containing old stained-glass windows, adjoins the estate. The château hosted distinguished guests: Empress Marie-Louise in 1813, then Napoleon III and William I of Prussia during the war of 1870. After the Second World War, it served as a children's home until 1983. Still in the hands of the descendants of the Thomas de Pange family, it today combines residential use with heritage promotion, its gardens holding the Jardin remarquable label.