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Place Broglie (''Bröjel'' in
Alsatian German) is one of the main
squares
In Euclidean geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral, which means that it has four equal sides and four equal angles (90- degree angles, π/2 radian angles, or right angles). It can also be defined as a rectangle with two equal-length a ...
of the city of
Strasbourg in the
French departement of
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...
.
The square is located on the
Grande Île, the ancient city center, and has an elongated rectangular shape that is some long and wide. It is notable for its prestigious surroundings: the
Opera House
An opera house is a theatre building used for performances of opera. It usually includes a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and building sets.
While some venues are constructed specifically fo ...
, the
City Hall, the
Governor's Palace, the
Prefect's Palace, the Strasbourg building of the
Banque de France
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and the historic
Mess building. Civilian architecture includes
Renaissance
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The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...
(n° 2),
Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...
(n°12),
Art Nouveau (n° 1),
Historicism
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(n° 22) and
Half-timbered Alsatian style (n° 15). At the westernmost point of the square, close to the bridge ''Pont du Théâtre'' leading to the
Neustadt stands the ″
Janus fountain″ (''fontaine de Janus''), designed by
Tomi Ungerer
Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer (; 28 November 1931 – 9 February 2019) was an Alsatian artist and writer. He published over 140 books ranging from children's books to adult works and from the fantastic to the autobiographical. He was known for sha ...
and inaugurated in 1988, for the 2000th anniversary of the first mention of
Argentoratum
Argentoratum or Argentorate was the ancient name of the city of Strasbourg. The name was first mentioned in 12 BC, when it was a Roman military outpost established by Nero Claudius Drusus. From 90 AD the Legio VIII Augusta was permanently stati ...
.
At the site of the current Banque de France building (a grand
Louis XV style
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edifice from 1925–1927) once stood the birthplace of
Charles de Foucauld
Charles Eugène de Foucauld de Pontbriand, Viscount of Foucauld (15 September 1858 – 1 December 1916) was a French soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnographer, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Alg ...
as well as the house of
Philippe-Frédéric de Dietrich where
Rouget de l'Isle reportedly sang the
Marseillaise for the first time. These former houses and notable events are commemorated on the façade by a set of
plaques.
A monument by
Georges Saupique close to the Opera House (a
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...
obelisk
An obelisk (; from grc, ὀβελίσκος ; diminutive of ''obelos'', " spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by An ...
adorned with
bronze statues) commemorates
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque (22 November 1902 – 28 November 1947) was a Free-French general during the Second World War. He became Marshal of France posthumously in 1952, and is known in France simply as le maréchal ...
and the
Liberation of Strasbourg
The Liberation of Strasbourg took place on 23 November 1944 during the Alsace campaign (November 1944 – March 1945) in the last months of World War 2. After the on 21 November 1944 by the 1st Armored Division, General Philippe Leclerc de Haut ...
. It was inaugurated in 1951. A statue of
François Christophe de Kellermann
François-Étienne-Christophe Kellermann or de Kellermann, 1st Duke of Valmy (german: Franz Stephan Christoph Edler von Kellermann; 28 May 1735 – 23 September 1820) was a French military commander, later the Général d'Armée, a Marshal of t ...
by
Léon-Alexandre Blanchot (1935) stands nearby. A monument to the Marseillaise, a work by
Alfred Marzolff
Frédéric Alfred Marzolff (1867-1936) was a French sculptor and medallist, known especially for his monumental figures.
Biography
His father was a master cooper. He completed an apprenticeship with the sculptor and designer, , who was enga ...
(1922) is located next to the city hall.
Place Broglie is a stop on the
Strasbourg tramway
The Strasbourg tramway (french: Tramway de Strasbourg, german: Straßenbahn Straßburg; gsw-FR, D'Strossabàhn Strossburi(g)), run by the CTS, is a network of six tramlines, A, B, C, D, E and F that operate in the cities of Strasbourg in Alsace, ...
, which is served by lines B, C and E.
References
External links
*
''Place Broglie''on archi-wiki.org
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Geography of Strasbourg
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