Strasbourg Sights

  1. Cathédrale Notre Dame

    Strasbourg's lacy, almost fragile-looking Gothic Cathédrale Notre Dame is one of the marvels of European architecture. The west façade, most impressive if approached from rue Mercière, was completed in 1284, but the 142m spire - the tallest of its time - was not in place until 1439; its southern companion was never built. The cathedral served as a Protestant church from 1521 to 1681.

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  2. Cathédrale Notre Dame Platform

    The Cathédrale Notre Dame platform , 66m high above the façade - from which the tower and its Gothic openwork spire soar another 76m - affords a spectacular stork's-eye view of Strasbourg. The 330 spiral steps begin at the base of the tower that was never built.

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