The diverse origins of districts’ names – 1/4

The diverse origins of districts’ names – 1/4

by | 30 Apr, 2019 | Adresses, History

Adresses The diverse origins of districts’ names – 1/4 30 avril 2019, par Leo Strasbourg is made up of many districts whose names raise questions for many people. Mostly, it happens when you live there and the district is not the obvious Great...
Art Nouveau in Strasbourg

Art Nouveau in Strasbourg

by | 20 Apr, 2019 | Architecture

Architecture Art Nouveau in Strasbourg 20th April 2019, by Gustave At first an ideological trend initiated by craftsmen, the Art Nouveau (literally «new art») flourishes for a very short period of time, between the last decade of the 19th century and the Great War. A...
The tanners’ ditch

The tanners’ ditch

by | 10 Apr, 2019 | Adresses, History

History The tanners’ ditch 10th April, by Leo Strasbourg has always been a city of canals. Built in the origin between two arms of the Ill river, on an island called nowadays the Great Island, it had many more canals. The successive phases of urban planning...