Under construction from 1015 to 1439, the cathedral owes much of its charm to the pink Vosges sandstone from which it is built. The façade is remarkable, particularly the central portal . The Gothic spire , 142 m tall, is an architectural tour de..

The historic town centre owes its name to a French hospital that is no longer in existence. This quarter, one of the best preserved in Old Strasbourg, was once occupied by fishermen, tanners and millers. The arms of the Ill, studded with locks, allow..

Here there are attractive encorbelled Renaissance houses, half-timbered, with galleries and gables. At number 42 notice especially the tanners house (Gewerstub) from 1572. But above all there is a charm about the collection.

Devoted to Alsatian art from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, it nestles beside the cathedral in a group of ancient houses surrounding small courtyards. It contains the celebrated Wissembourg head of Christ , the oldest known stained glass windo..

The Grand appartments of Rohan palace have some of the most beautiful 18C French interiors: décor, furniture and tapestries are enchanting. Dedicated to the Strasbourg's arts and crafts, the apartments also exhibit of the most important ceramic colle..

The regional collections in this archaeological museum cover the history of Alsace from 600 000 years BC to 800 AD. The prehistory section extends from the Neolithic to the Merovingian eras, passing through the Bronze and Iron Ages, with exhibits tha..

The Historical Museum takes a rather avant-garde approach to taking visitors through three significant eras in Strasbourg's history: first up is the free city of the Holy Roman Empire (1262-1681), illustrated by objects found during archaeological ..

This museum of popular arts occupies three 16C-17C houses that are worth a visit in their own right. A maze of staircases and wooden galleries around the inner courtyards leads to numerous small rooms with typical Alsatian charm. Admire collections o..

The first section (1850-1950) illustrates the diversity of painting languages, from the academician Bouguereau to Kandinsky, including the impressionists and Gustave Doré (a monumental canvas). Several rooms are devoted to Jaen Arp and Sophie Taeu..

This is a collection of three bridges joining up the arms of the Ill. Each is protected by a massive square tower which are the remains of the old 14C ramparts that covered wooden bridges used to join up.

On the corner of the Rue Marcière, the pharmacy of the Stag (from 1238) would be according to some the oldest in France. To the left of the cathedral stands the maison Kammerzell (1589) décorated wyth frescoes.

This museum is renowned for its Italian paintings (early paintings and Renaissance painters such as Lippi and Botticelli), its works from the Spanish school (Zurbaran, Murillo, Goya and the Virgin of pain by Greco), and its 15 to 17C Dutch paintin..

Built in the 18C following the plans of Robert de Cotte for Cardinal Armand de Rohan-Soubise, this palace with its attractive classical facades today houses three great museums devoted to the decorative arts, to fine art and to archaeology

Flanked by houses (one of which, 16C, has a wooden galleries) this is an absolutely charming square.

Patricide and infanticide, imprisoning in sewn up sacks and dropping in the waters of the Ill until death follows. Hence the old name - the bridge of torture. At the side is the courtyard of the Corbeau built in the 14C

Built by the architect Henri Bernard, this huge building (there are 1350 offices in it) houses various different community functions, in particular the European Parliament that meets in the largest hemi-cyclical room in Europe.

Beautiful gardens designed by Le Nôtre in 1692. The gardens were appropriately converted to host Empress Josephine when she visited the site in 1804. The Josephine Pavilion, a small house reconstructed following a fire in 1968, periodically hosts var..

http://www.zevisit.com/Columbus/partenaire/ETAPE/FLUXXMLDOWNLOAD/US/VIAMICHELIN/1785/etape-audio.mp3

An 18C building, flanking the River Aubette. The river was named as such, as it was at dawn (à l'aube) that the garrisoned unit came to collect their medals. At the centre of the square, there is a statue by Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753-1800). The socl..

http://www.zevisit.com/Columbus/partenaire/ETAPE/FLUXXMLDOWNLOAD/US/VIAMICHELIN/1607/etape-audio.mp3