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Standing in the centre of the Place de la Cathédrale, at 142 metres (466 feet), Strasbourg Cathedral was the world's tallest building from 1647 to 1874 (227 years), when it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg.
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Jun 29, 2023 · From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Strasbourg. capital and largest city of Grand Est, located in the historical region of Alsace. collage image.
A plaque commemorating the Oath of Kufra near Strasbourg Cathedral. The Liberation of Strasbourg has been memorialized throughout Alsace as a major victory for the French armed forces and for the Allies' advance across France toward Germany in 1944.
Strasbourg is a city in the historic Alsace region on the left bank of the Rhine. Founded by the Romans in 12 BC, the city passed under the control of the Merovingians in the eighth century, and then became part of the Holy Roman Empire.
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From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Media in category "Aerial photographs of Strasbourg" The following 25 files are in this category, out of 25 total. Centre commercial et Zenith Strasbourg Hautepierre avril 2015.jpg 2,400 × 1,600; 3.84 MB. Council of Europe Palais de l'Europe aerial view.JPG 2,619 × 1,746; 4.62 MB.
Strasbourg was the first French city whose listing was not just about a prestigious monument but a historical urban center. To feature on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one of the ten selection criteria.
