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Little France is a very attractive area of Strasbourg. Colourful buildings and reflections everywhere!
Strasbourg is not only the seat of the Europen Union parliament, it is also very beautiful.
Especially the old half-timbered houses in the Petit France district are a popular sight.
La Petite France, Strasbourg, France.
view of the Maison des Tanneurs (from 1572), which is located at the core of La Petite France,
Premier test terrain du zoom Z 24-120.
Quartier des Ponts Couverts à Strasbourg pris depuis le barrage Vauban. Au fond la cathédrale .
Quai Saint-Nicolas and the River Ill (ILL)
The Kammerzell House is a 15th century timbered house and one of the most famous buildings in Strasbourg. (Enlarge for details)
Chrìstkìndelsmärik is the name given in Alsatian dialect to the traditional Strasbourg Christmas Market. Born in 1570, he is one of the oldest in Europe and was for a long time the only one in France
A delightful area but once that gets its nickname of “Petite France” from the 15th century long before Strasbourg became part of France. This area had a hospital where soldiers and sailors suffering from syphilis were quarantined. The disease was deemed embarrassing and the good folk of Strasbourg started to refer to the infection as the “French Disease”. That term then evolved into the term “La Petite France” and the whole area picked up this title. These days the area is the central tourist hub of this fabulous old city.
The scene here is empty of tourists and that is my doing. There weren't too many around but I decided to remove the red jacketed individuals that spoilt my view.
Strasbourg Cathedral (officially theCathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg) is quite a sight to behold. French poet and playwright Paul Claudel called the Gothic edifice a "pinky-red angel hovering over the city." Goethe declared it to be "composed of a thousand harmonizing details" and "like the most sublime, wide-spreading tree of God, proclaiming the glory of the Lord."