Place Broglie, Opéra National du Rhin and other Strasbourg, France General Tips

Opéra National du Rhin

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Favorite Thing: The Théâtre municipal was built in 1820 at one end of Place Broglie. It was built in a neo-classical style with a front adorned with a colossal peristyle with ionic columns. It is topped by muses but they are only 6 though they should be 9. I do not know who are the missing muses! It is now the Opéra National du Rhin. In front of the Opera, stands (December 2006) a wooden horse. It actually represents the Trojan horse. It has been built here because the Opera has played in October and November "Les Troyens", Grand opéra en cinq actes d’Hector Berlioz

The Trojan horse is on the far left of the first photo. It is better seen as a close up on the second photo.

For more, look at www.operanationaldurhin.fr/

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General Tips: Place Broglie, Market for Christmas trees.

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Written by JLBG

on Dec 21, 2006

Place Broglie, Market for Christmas

trees

Favorite Thing: Besides the Opera, Place de Broglie is the place to buy Christmas trees. There are hundreds of these trees that come from the neighboring Vosges mountains. Place Broglie is also the place for a huge Marché de Noël (a few wooden booths are seen on the left of the photo), the Christkindelsmärik. See my tips Marché de Noël for more.

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General Tips: Place Broglie, Colonne Leclerc

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on Dec 21, 2006

Place Broglie, Colonne Leclerc

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Favorite Thing: In the middle of Place Broglie, a tall column celebrates the memory of General Leclerc that started in 1940 in Chad with a column of three hundred men with a single canon that became the 2ème DB (second armored division) and freed Paris on the 25th of August 1944 and Strasbourg on the 23rd of November 1944.

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General Tips: Place Broglie, Cercle Militaire

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Written by JLBG

on Dec 21, 2006

Place Broglie, Cercle Militaire

Favorite Thing: On the Northern side of Place Broglie stands a long building adorned with brass canons standing along the front. Obviously, something military, doesn't it? I found later, in the phone book that at this address (17 Place Broglie) were the Cercle Mixte de la Garnison and the Cercle des Sous-Officiers. I hope to learn more about the canons but that is all I could find!

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General Tips: Unidentified building

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Written by JLBG

on Dec 21, 2006

Unidentified building

Favorite Thing: I have been unable to identify this beautiful building that stands behind the Cercle Mixte de la Garnison, etc (see previous tip). It is not right on Place Broglie but can be seen from the Opera. Who can tell me what it is? Anyway, I enjoyed its look but I always prefer to know more!

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General Tips: Place de la République, Théatre National de Strasb

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Written by JLBG

on Dec 21, 2006

P de la République, Théatre

National de Strasbourg

Favorite Thing: Place de la République (Republic Square) is not in the ancient city and when you walk over the Ill, out of Place Broglie, Place de la République makes a striking difference. It looks almost like a German or Austrian city. This Square was drawn and built between 1870 and 1914, when Strassburg was the capital of the Reichsland of Elsatz-Mosel. Emperor Wilhelm 1st wanted to make it the show room of the power of the Empire. Five prestigious buildings have been built during that period.

The Diet of the Reichsland of Elsatz-Mosel became after 1918 the Music Conservatory. Since the decentralization of Parisian theaters, it is now the TNS : Théâtre National de Strasbourg.

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General Tips: Pl. de la République, Bibliothèque Nationale et Un

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on Dec 21, 2006

Pl. de la République, Bibliothèque

Nationale et Un

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Favorite Thing: The Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire was built at the end of the XIXth as a neo-classical palace, a pastiche of the Venetian style. After the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, it hosts the largest book collection in France with more than three million books and two thousands incunabulum (early printed books)

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General Tips: Place de la République, Prefecture

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on Dec 21, 2006

Place de la République, Prefecture

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Favorite Thing: I have not found any information about this building that is now used as a "Prefecture". It has been built between 1870 and 1914 as all the other buildings on the Place de la République. Actually, it is both the Préfecture of the Département du Bas-Rhin and Préfecture de la Région Alsace (Départements du Bas-Rhin et du Haut-Rhin)

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General Tips: Place de la République, Palais du Rhin

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on Dec 21, 2006

Place de la République, Palais du

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Favorite Thing: The Emperor's Palace was built between 1883 and 1888 by Hermann Eggert on the model of the Pitti Palace in Florence. It mixes the Florence Renaissance style with the Berlin monumental baroque style with some borrowing from the antiquity.

In the middle of the square (second photo), the Monument aux morts (War Memorial) of WWII, built in 1936 shows a mother with her two sons, one that died for France and the other that died for Germany.

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General Tips: Place de la République, Palais du Rhin, details

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on Dec 21, 2006

Place de la République, Palais du

Rhin, details

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