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The Barrage Vauban, or Vauban Dam, is a bridge, weir and defensive work erected in the 17th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France. At that time, it was known as the Great Lock (grande écluse), although it does not function as a navigation lock in the modern sense of the word. Today it serves to display sculptures and has ...
The Ponts Couverts (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ kuvɛʁ]; German: Gedeckte Brücken) are a set of three bridges and four towers that make up a defensive work erected in the 13th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France. The three bridges cross the four river channels of the River Ill that flow through Strasbourg's historic ...
La Petite France, in Alsatian dialect: Französel (also known as the Quartier des Tanneurs; German: Gerberviertel; "Tanner's Quarter") is the south-western part of the Grande Île of Strasbourg in Alsace in eastern France, the most central and characteristic island of the city that forms the historic center. The district is bounded to the north ...
Grande Île, Strasbourg. The Grande Île (German: Große Insel) is an island that lies at the historic centre of the city of Strasbourg in France. Its name means "Large Island", and derives from the fact that it is surrounded on one side by the main channel of the Ill river and on the other side by the Canal du Faux-Rempart, a canalised arm of ...
Barrage Vauban and MAMCS Interior view at night. The Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg (MAMCS, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) is an art museum in Strasbourg, France, which was founded in 1973 and opened in its own building in November 1998.
1690 – Barrage Vauban opened. 1697 – French annexation recognised by the Holy Roman Empire. [2] 1701 – Opera house opens. 1725 – New Hospital completed; 1728 – World's first school for midwives opened in Strasbourg [15] 1732 – Episcopal Palace inaugurated. [2] Palais Rohan. 1736 – Hôtel de Hanau built. Hôtel de Klinglin built. 1742
Flourishing throughout the middle ages and Renaissance, it was conquered by Louis XIV in 1681. After having changed nationality four times between 1870 and 1945, Strasbourg today is a symbol of Franco-German reconciliation and European integration. The following is a detailed history of Strasbourg, France.
English: Map of Vauban's major places, in France. They are part of UNESCO World Heritage list They are part of UNESCO World Heritage list Español: Mapa de los mayores fortificaciones de Vauban , en Francia.