Strassburg_city_plan [Wikipedia] Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in northeastern France, with approximately 650,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 1999. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the préfecture (capital) of the Bas-Rhin département. Strasbourg is the seat of, among other things, the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, the European Ombudsman, the Eurocorps, the European Audiovisual Observatory, and, most famously, the European Parliament, although sessions are also held in Brussels. Strasbourg is an important center of manufacturing and engineering, as well as of road, rail, and river communications. The port of Strasbourg is the second largest on the Rhine after Duisburg, Germany. The city is the seat of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine. Strasbourg's historic center, the Grande Île ( Strassburg_city_plan_view We visited in 1974. The city's main attraction is the cathedral. The astrological clock with automa as constructed from 1751-74 by a team from Shaffhausen, Switzerland (where the Tanner family is from) and is truly amazing. Strassburg_cathedral Strassburg_cathedral_entrance Strassburg_cathedral_arch_detail_1 Strassburg_cathedral_arch_detail_2 Strassburg_cathedral_interior opposite_cathedral opposite_cathedral_detail approaching_cathedral main_cathedral_doorway rooftops view_from_inside_spire woodwork_building The Swan Pharmacy is said to be the oldest continuously opearting apothecary in Europe.

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