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Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

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Haguenau Haguenau (; Alsatian: or ; and historically in English: ''Hagenaw'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of France, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg, some to the south. To the ...

, France , address = 16, Place d'Armes , client = , owner = Municipality of Haguenau , current_tenants = , landlord = , coordinates = , start_date = 1515 , completion_date = 1518 , inauguration_date = , renovation_date = 1681
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building in

, France. It originally stood at the entrance of the town. The building was built in 1515–1518 but heavily damaged in 1677, during the military campaign of

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against the

Décapole The Décapole (''Dekapolis'' or german: Zehnstädtebund) was an alliance formed in 1354 by ten Imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the Alsace region to maintain their rights. It was disbanded in 1679. In 1354 Emperor Charles IV of Luxemb ...

. It was restored in 1681. In the 1890s, the municipal architect, Charles Stoll, transformed the large room on the first floor in a festivity hall (''salle des fêtes''). In the 20th century, the exterior of the building was adorned with sculptures by Albert Schultz (1873–1951) and two portals were added in the Neo-Renaissance style. The Ancienne Douane was damaged again during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. It was rebuilt using elements from other destroyed buildings. The ground floor of the Ancienne Douane houses a restaurant.

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Restaurant l′Ancienne Douane
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