Basilica of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains

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The church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonains is a Gallo-Roman building of the fourth century, located in Metz, Lorraine. The building is an ancient palace of a thermal complex, or a civil basilica, converted into an abbey church before the seventh century C.E. In the 7th century, the building was indeed the church of a Benedictine abbey, which settled on the site.