Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Saint-Pierre, church located in Moselle, in France
Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens is a church building in Moulins-lès-Metz constructed from Jaumont stone in the postwar period. Its main facade features a porch with six arches, a tall bell tower with three sound openings, and the interior is filled with large windows that allow natural light, later enhanced with colored stained glass.
The church developed from 1950 as the neighborhood was being rebuilt, with residents initially gathering for outdoor masses. A crypt was blessed in 1951 and served as a temporary place of worship for several years before the main altar was consecrated by a bishop in 1954, marking the beginning of construction on the larger building.
The church is named after Saint Peter in Chains, referring to his liberation from prison. Local residents painted the ceiling frescoes in 1957, depicting this story and making the interior a direct expression of their community's values and creative participation.
The church is located in a residential neighborhood and is easily walkable from the center of Moulins-lès-Metz. You can visit on Saturday afternoons to explore the building and learn about the community that built it together.
Local residents physically built much of the church themselves, digging the crypt with shovels and wheelbarrows, making it one of the few buildings of its era constructed by neighbors working together. The granite high altar and baptismal font were carved by a local artist, and a wooden statue of the Assumption was donated by a neighborhood family.
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