All that remains of the château is the central chapel (11th-12th century) (Hist. Mon.), which was unhappily enlarged about 1895, and to which a battlemented tower surmounted by a gilt statue of Joan-of-Arc was added.
PONT-À-MOUSSON AND PRÊTRE WOOD, SEEN FROM MOUSSON
The chapel (Hist. Mon.), with a semicircular vaulted roof on curious pillars, contains fine baptismal fonts (1085) decorated with sculptures.
These fonts, resembling the curb-stone of a well, are decorated with bas-reliefs representing: John the Baptist preaching repentance to publicans and soldiers who came to him in the wilderness; John baptizing two naked Jews immersed in a cistern; John baptizing Jesus Christ, plunged up to the waist in the waters of Jordan.
On the terrace are numerous trenches, in addition to shafts dug by the engineers to reach the underground passages which communicate with concrete shelters. One of these shelters may still be seen along the southern ramparts of the old château. All these military works are very interesting to visit.
There is a splendid panorama from this terrace: on one side (photo, pp. 100 and 101) the town of Pont-à-Mousson and the valley of the Moselle with, behind Pont-à-Mousson, Puvenelle Forest and Prêtre Wood; on the other side, the valley of the Seille, with Metz Cathedral in the distance. To the south-east is seen the Grand Couronné.