Maison des Têtes, Renaissance house in central Metz, France.

Maison des Têtes is a 16th century stone building with five carved human heads above large windows, representing notable figures from Metz history. The facade demonstrates the refined craftsmanship of the Renaissance period.

Jean Aubry, a goldsmith, had the house built in 1529; its foundations yielded Roman antiquities that he and his father-in-law Boissard used to decorate the inner courtyard. In 1843 a later owner, Laporte, gave most of these finds to the city library, keeping a Gallo-Roman relief of men fighting lions for the entrance pediment. The facade was re-erected after work on the Centre Saint-Jacques, and the house was inscribed as a monument historique on 3 October 1929.

The five heads on the facade, three men and two women, are copies; the originals of four are kept at the musée de la Cour d'Or in Metz, and the fifth is at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Their identity is unknown, and they may depict famous figures of Metz history. The stair turret and the entrance tympanum carry a high relief of a lion hunt.

The building is privately owned and located on En-Fournirue street, so the interior is not open to visitors. The protected facade is fully visible from the street and can be photographed at any time.

When Jean Aubry and his father-in-law Boissard dug the foundations in 1529, they unearthed Roman statues, busts, stelae and paving stones from the ancient decumanus. Aubry used a Gallo-Roman relief of men fighting lions on the entrance pediment; in 1843 a later owner, Mr Laporte, gave the rest to the city library.