Place de la République in Strasbourg
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Place de la République (“
Republic Square”; former
German : Kaiserplatz, “Imperial Square”) is one of the main
squares of the city of
Strasbourg , France. It is surrounded on three sides by five buildings only, of which none is residential: the Palais du Rhin, the National and University Library, the Théâtre national de Strasbourg, the
Préfecture of
Grand Est and
Bas-Rhin , and the
tax center Hôtel des impôts . All of these buildings are classified as
monuments historiques . The fourth side of the square is devoid of buildings.
The former Imperial Palace is surrounded by its own garden, which is separated from the square by a monumental wrought iron fence. The Palace, a solemn Neorenaissance building crowned with a heavy dome , was built from 1884 until 1887 by Hermann Eggert . It is used as the seat of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine since 1920 and also houses the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC) of Grand Est. It is classified as a monument historique since 1993.Théâtre national de Strasbourg (TNS) was originally built as the seat of the Parliament (German : Landtag) of Alsace-Lorraine . It was designed by August Hartel and Skjold Neckelmann in a radically different Neorenaissance style than Hermann Eggert’s, and built in 1888–1889. It is classified as a monument historique since 1992.Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire monument historique since 2004.
Théâtre national de Strasbourg © Claude Truong-Ngoc/cc-by-sa-3.0
This
Baroque Revival building
Hôtel des impôts was built from 1899 until 1902 by
Ludwig Levy (1854–1907), the architect of the
Great Synagogue of Strasbourg . It was originally used as the seat of several ministries: agriculture, infrastructure and finances. It is classified as a
monument historique since 1996.
The
Préfecture de la région Grand-Est et du département du Bas-Rhin (not to be confused with the residence of the prefect, the
Hôtel du préfet ) was built from 1907 until 1911, based on designs by Ludwig Levy. The façade was decorated with statues of lions by
Alfred Marzolff . The building also housed ministries of Alsace-Lorraine. It is a more austere example of Baroque Revival architecture than its older counterpart. It is classified as a
monument historique since 1996.
A work of art called
Spirale Aby Warburg, le monument aux vivants (“
Aby Warburg spiral, the monument to those who live”) by Luxemburgish artist Bert Theis (1952–2016) was installed on the square in 2002. It can be and is used as a bench.
Place de la République and the Grande Île city center are connected by the stone arch bridge
Pont du Théâtre (1869–1870). That bridge was reinforced with concrete and partly modified in 1999–2000 in order to allow for the passage of the tramway.
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