European Quarter in Strasbourg

Saturday, 18 March 2023 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination:
Category/Kategorie: General, EU blog post series, European Union
Reading Time:  3 minutes

European Parliament © Jose Huwaidi/cc-by-sa-4.0

European Parliament © Jose Huwaidi/cc-by-sa-4.0

The European Quarter is spread over an area covering the districts of Wacken, Orangerie and Robertsau in the north-west of Strasbourg, France, and comprising the intersection of the River Ill and the Marne-Rhine Canal and has held the European Heritage Label since 2015. The first specific European building in the area was the Council of Europe‘s Palace of Europe in 1949, with the Rhine Commission being located towards the centre of the city. The European Audiovisual Observatory and the Institute for Human Rights are the only institutions in the quarter to have moved into pre-existing premises: a 1900 villa and an 18th-century former postal relay station and inn turned conventual building, respectively. The Arte headquarters, previously disseminated on several buildings across the town, were united in a single spacious building close to the Louise Weiss building in 2003.

November 2007 saw the extension of the Strasbourg tramway into the European Quarter, with the inauguration by European Parliament president Hans-Gert Pöttering, CoE Secretary general Terry Davis and Eurocorps Lieutenant General Pedro Pitarch of the Parlement Européen, Droits de l’Homme and Rue Boecklin tram stations. The newest Council of Europe buildings were inaugurated in 2006 and 2008, and the newest European Union building was inaugurated in 2017.

Parliamentary Assembly hemicycle of the Council of Europe's Palace of Europe © Adrian Grycuk/cc-by-sa-3.0-pl European Parliament © Jose Huwaidi/cc-by-sa-4.0 Council of Europe's Palais de l'Europe © Council of Europe/cc-by-3.0 Council of Europe's Palais de l'Europe © Architect: Henry Bernard/cc-by-3.0 European Court of Human Rights © CherryX/cc-by-sa-3.0 European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines © Richieman Hemicycle of the Europoean Parliament © Diliff/cc-by-sa-3.0 European Quarter Strasbourg © Phisch90/cc-by-sa-4.0
<
>
Parliamentary Assembly hemicycle of the Council of Europe's Palace of Europe © Adrian Grycuk/cc-by-sa-3.0-pl
In all, there are fourteen different buildings in the European Quarter: seven belonging to the Council of Europe, five belonging to the European Union, plus Arte and the IIHR. The following institutions of the European Union are located in this quarter:

Read more on europa.eu – European District of Strasbourg, VisitStrasbourg.fr – The European district and Wikipedia European institutions in Strasbourg (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.




Recommended posts:

Share this post: (Please note data protection regulations before using buttons)

Quartier du Val-de-Grâce in Paris

Quartier du Val-de-Grâce in Paris

[caption id="attachment_235426" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Church of the Val-de-Grâce - View from Rue Saint-Jacques © Poulpy/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The quartier du Val-de-Grâce is the 19th administrative district or 'quartier' of Paris, located in the 5th arrondissement of the city. Its borders are boulevard de Port-Royal to the south, boulevard Saint-Michel to the west, rue Soufflot, rue des Fossés-Saint-Jacques and rue de l'Estrapade to the north and rue Mouffetard and rue Pascal to the east. It is na...

[ read more ]

Leipziger Platz in Berlin

Leipziger Platz in Berlin

[caption id="attachment_171582" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Leipziger Platz © Chiara Mazzocchi/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Leipziger Platz is an octagonal square in Berlin-Mitte. It is located along Leipziger Straße just east of and adjacent to the Potsdamer Platz. Leipziger Platz was reduced to ruins during the Second World War and was once part of the no man's land surrounding the Berlin Wall, but has since been reconstructed in its original configuration, albeit with modern architecture. Prior to the...

[ read more ]

The Alster in Hamburg

The Alster in Hamburg

[caption id="attachment_209358" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Inner Alster © panoramio.com - www.fleno.de/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Alster is a right tributary of the Elbe river in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, flows somewhat southwards through much of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and joins the Elbe in central Hamburg. The Alster is Hamburg's second most important river. While the Elbe river is a tidal navigation of international significance and pro...

[ read more ]

Putbus on the island of Rügen

Putbus on the island of Rügen

[caption id="attachment_160987" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Putbus © Klugschnacker/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Putbus is a town on the southeastern coast of the island of Rügen, in the county of Vorpommern-Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, close to the Baltic Sea. The town has 4,741 inhabitants and is a significant tourist destination with numerous seaside resorts. It is the oldest resort on the island and has been formally recognised by the state as a resort town since 1997. Putbus ...

[ read more ]

Theme Week Swiss - Château-d'Œx in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District

Theme Week Swiss - Château-d'Œx in the Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District

[caption id="attachment_206141" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Ivan Babovic/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Château-d'Œx is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut. Château-d'Œx is a small village of approximately 3,500 inhabitants in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. In recent years, Château-d'Œx has become increasingly popular among travelers primarily for the village's incredibly authentic Swiss alpine feel, stunning natural surroundings, and...

[ read more ]

The Fullerton Hotel Singapore

The Fullerton Hotel Singapore

[caption id="attachment_208384" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Sengkang[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Fullerton Hotel Singapore is a five-star luxury hotel located near the mouth of the Singapore River, in the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. It was originally known as the Fullerton Building, and also as the General Post Office Building. The address is 1 Fullerton Square. The Fullerton Building was named after Robert Fullerton, the first Governor of the Straits Settlements (1826–1829). Commissioned in 1924 as...

[ read more ]

The Cadillac Ranch in Texas

The Cadillac Ranch in Texas

[caption id="attachment_152056" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © flickr.com - Richie Diesterheft/cc-by-2.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Cadillac Ranch is not a ranch but a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm. It consists of what were (when originally installed during 1974) either older running used or junk Cadillac automobiles, representing a number of evolutions of the car line (most notably the ...

[ read more ]

Theme Week Queensland - Whitsunday Islands

Theme Week Queensland - Whitsunday Islands

[caption id="attachment_153606" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Hamilton Island - Catseye Beach © Internet2014/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland in Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some 900 kilometres (560 mi) north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial centre is Hamilton Island. The traditional owners of the are...

[ read more ]

Theme Week Panama - Santiago de Veraguas

Theme Week Panama - Santiago de Veraguas

[caption id="attachment_168500" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Catedral Santiago de Veraguas © Apollo18[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Santiago de Veraguas is the capital of the province of Veraguas, and the district or municipality of the same name. Located in the countryside on the banks of the Pan-American Highway. Bounded on the north by San Francisco District, south with the District of Montijo, east District of Atalaya and west by the District of La Mesa. The population of the city of Santiago is at 90,000. Santiago ...

[ read more ]

Coria in Extremadura

Coria in Extremadura

[caption id="attachment_224670" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Plaza de San Pedro © Zarateman/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Coria is a Spanish municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, formed by the city of the same name and the towns of Puebla de Argeme and Rincón del Obispo. The whole municipality has 12,500 inhabitants and a population density of 120 inhabitants/km², which makes this city the capital of Vegas de Alagón and the fourth largest city in the province of Cáceres. The largest mun...

[ read more ]

Return to TopReturn to Top
© flickr.com - Rusty Clark/cc-by-2.0
Cocoa Beach in Florida

Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,539 at the 2018 United States...

City Hall at the Plaza Mayor © xavi lópez/cc-by-sa-3.0-es
Valladolid in Castile and León

Valladolid is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community...

Federal Palace of Switzerland © flicker.com - Flooffy/cc-by-2.0
Federal Palace of Switzerland in Bern

The Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It...

Schließen