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Détail de la visite par lieux :
- Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
- Rotondes
- Musée de tramways et de bus de la Ville de Luxembourg
- Parc Merl
- Place des Martyrs
- Passerelle
- Citadelle du Saint-Esprit
- Pont Adolphe
- Place de la Constitution & Casemates de la Pétrusse
- Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain
- Monument du souvenir
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame
- Monument à la Grande-Duchesse Charlotte
- Place Guillaume II
- Cercle Cité
- Palais Grand-Ducal
- Musée d'histoire de la ville de Luxembourg
- Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg - Natur Musée
- Chemin de la Corniche
- Neumünster Abbey, Église Saint-Jean-du-Grund
- Casemates du Bock
- Église Saint-Michel
- Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art
- Fort Thüngen & Musée Draï Eechelen
- Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne
- Pont Grande-Duchesse Charlotte
- Ascenseur panoramique Pfaffenthal - Ville-Haute
- Parc Kinnekswiss
- Parc municipal de Luxembourg
- Villa Vauban - Musée d'Art de la Ville de Luxembourg
- Château de Septfontaines
ATELIER LUXEMBOURG: Bert Theis
THE VENICE BIENNALE PROJECTS 1988-2011
13/10/2012 - 24/02/2013
@ Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Since 1988, Luxembourg has regularly participated in one of the most important international contemporary art events: the Venice Biennale, one of the characteristics of which is the hosting of national pavilions, inherited from the model of 19th century International Exhibitions. The history of Luxembourg's participation in the Venice Biennale reads like a veritable success story.
The first participations only offered Luxembourg's artists limited exhibition conditions: confined to the Padiglione Italia, which at the time hosted countries without pavilions. Then, in 1995 what appeared to be an inextricable situation - the eviction of countries without pavilions from the Giardini, the main site for the Biennale - turned to Luxembourg's advantage. Finally, in 2003 to everyone's surprise, the Luxembourg pavilion, installed since 1999 in a 15th century building known as the Ca' del Duca, was awarded the Golden Lion for best national participation.
The exhibition Atelier Luxembourg - The Venice Biennale Projects 1988-2011 retraces the exceptional development of the presence of a small country in this international contemporary art event. As far as possible, it reconstructs the artistic projects as they were displayed in Venice, with the original artworks and the necessary adaptations for their exhibition in a museum context. Presented are the projects by Patricia Lippert and Moritz Ney (1988), Marie-Paule Feiereisen (1990), Jean-Marie Biwer and Bertrand Ney (1993), the pavilion Potemkin Lock by Bert Theis (1995), a reinterpretation of the installation Magazzino by Luc Wolff (1997), Chewing and Folding in Venice by Simone Decker (1999), the installation Casa Mia by Doris Drescher (2001), the exhibition Air Conditioned by Su-Mei Tse (2003), Mondo Veneziano a movie by Antoine Prum (2005), the video installation Collision Zone by Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert (2009) and the installation Le Cercle fermé by Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil (2011).
Because it was intimately linked to the space of the Ca' del Duca itself, the project Endless Lust by Jill Mercedes (2007) is only presented in the exhibition in the form of documentation.
The various presentations are accompanied by archive documents and filmed interviews specially produced for the occasion, in which the artists cast a retrospective gaze on their Venetian experience. The considerable development of Luxembourg's art scene over the last 25 years is indirectly reflected through the Biennales.
This exhibition is part of the framework of Atelier Luxembourg, an initiative including several exhibitions and projects focussed on artistic creativity in Luxembourg since 1945, developed in partnership with Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (Dudelange), the Musée d'histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, the Musée national d'histoire et d'art and Villa Vauban - Musée d'art de la Ville de Luxembourg.
Luxembourg's 1956 participation in the Venice Biennale is currently on display at the Musée national d'histoire et d'art in Luxembourg (21/09/2012 - 20/01/2013).
Artiste: Jean-Marie Biwer, Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert , Simone Decker, Doris Drescher, Marie-Paule Feiereisen, Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil, Patricia Lippert, Jill Mercedes, Bertrand Ney, Moritz Ney, Antoine Prum, Bert Theis, Su-Mei Tse, Luc Wolff
Commissaire : Enrico Lunghi
Sous le Haut Patronage de Son Altesse Royale la Grande-Duchesse
Partenaire principal de l'exposition : Banque BSI Luxembourg SA
ATELIER LUXEMBOURG: Simone Decker
THE VENICE BIENNALE PROJECTS 1988-2011
13/10/2012 - 24/02/2013
@ Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Since 1988, Luxembourg has regularly participated in one of the most important international contemporary art events: the Venice Biennale, one of the characteristics of which is the hosting of national pavilions, inherited from the model of 19th century International Exhibitions. The history of Luxembourg's participation in the Venice Biennale reads like a veritable success story.
The first participations only offered Luxembourg's artists limited exhibition conditions: confined to the Padiglione Italia, which at the time hosted countries without pavilions. Then, in 1995 what appeared to be an inextricable situation - the eviction of countries without pavilions from the Giardini, the main site for the Biennale - turned to Luxembourg's advantage. Finally, in 2003 to everyone's surprise, the Luxembourg pavilion, installed since 1999 in a 15th century building known as the Ca' del Duca, was awarded the Golden Lion for best national participation.
The exhibition Atelier Luxembourg - The Venice Biennale Projects 1988-2011 retraces the exceptional development of the presence of a small country in this international contemporary art event. As far as possible, it reconstructs the artistic projects as they were displayed in Venice, with the original artworks and the necessary adaptations for their exhibition in a museum context. Presented are the projects by Patricia Lippert and Moritz Ney (1988), Marie-Paule Feiereisen (1990), Jean-Marie Biwer and Bertrand Ney (1993), the pavilion Potemkin Lock by Bert Theis (1995), a reinterpretation of the installation Magazzino by Luc Wolff (1997), Chewing and Folding in Venice by Simone Decker (1999), the installation Casa Mia by Doris Drescher (2001), the exhibition Air Conditioned by Su-Mei Tse (2003), Mondo Veneziano a movie by Antoine Prum (2005), the video installation Collision Zone by Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert (2009) and the installation Le Cercle fermé by Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil (2011).
Because it was intimately linked to the space of the Ca' del Duca itself, the project Endless Lust by Jill Mercedes (2007) is only presented in the exhibition in the form of documentation.
The various presentations are accompanied by archive documents and filmed interviews specially produced for the occasion, in which the artists cast a retrospective gaze on their Venetian experience. The considerable development of Luxembourg's art scene over the last 25 years is indirectly reflected through the Biennales.
This exhibition is part of the framework of Atelier Luxembourg, an initiative including several exhibitions and projects focussed on artistic creativity in Luxembourg since 1945, developed in partnership with Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (Dudelange), the Musée d'histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, the Musée national d'histoire et d'art and Villa Vauban - Musée d'art de la Ville de Luxembourg.
Luxembourg's 1956 participation in the Venice Biennale is currently on display at the Musée national d'histoire et d'art in Luxembourg (21/09/2012 - 20/01/2013).
Artiste: Jean-Marie Biwer, Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert , Simone Decker, Doris Drescher, Marie-Paule Feiereisen, Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil, Patricia Lippert, Jill Mercedes, Bertrand Ney, Moritz Ney, Antoine Prum, Bert Theis, Su-Mei Tse, Luc Wolff
Commissaire : Enrico Lunghi
Sous le Haut Patronage de Son Altesse Royale la Grande-Duchesse
Partenaire principal de l'exposition : Banque BSI Luxembourg SA
ATELIER LUXEMBOURG: Bertrand Ney
THE VENICE BIENNALE PROJECTS 1988-2011
13/10/2012 - 24/02/2013
@ Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Since 1988, Luxembourg has regularly participated in one of the most important international contemporary art events: the Venice Biennale, one of the characteristics of which is the hosting of national pavilions, inherited from the model of 19th century International Exhibitions. The history of Luxembourg's participation in the Venice Biennale reads like a veritable success story.
The first participations only offered Luxembourg's artists limited exhibition conditions: confined to the Padiglione Italia, which at the time hosted countries without pavilions. Then, in 1995 what appeared to be an inextricable situation - the eviction of countries without pavilions from the Giardini, the main site for the Biennale - turned to Luxembourg's advantage. Finally, in 2003 to everyone's surprise, the Luxembourg pavilion, installed since 1999 in a 15th century building known as the Ca' del Duca, was awarded the Golden Lion for best national participation.
The exhibition Atelier Luxembourg - The Venice Biennale Projects 1988-2011 retraces the exceptional development of the presence of a small country in this international contemporary art event. As far as possible, it reconstructs the artistic projects as they were displayed in Venice, with the original artworks and the necessary adaptations for their exhibition in a museum context. Presented are the projects by Patricia Lippert and Moritz Ney (1988), Marie-Paule Feiereisen (1990), Jean-Marie Biwer and Bertrand Ney (1993), the pavilion Potemkin Lock by Bert Theis (1995), a reinterpretation of the installation Magazzino by Luc Wolff (1997), Chewing and Folding in Venice by Simone Decker (1999), the installation Casa Mia by Doris Drescher (2001), the exhibition Air Conditioned by Su-Mei Tse (2003), Mondo Veneziano a movie by Antoine Prum (2005), the video installation Collision Zone by Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert (2009) and the installation Le Cercle fermé by Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil (2011).
Because it was intimately linked to the space of the Ca' del Duca itself, the project Endless Lust by Jill Mercedes (2007) is only presented in the exhibition in the form of documentation.
The various presentations are accompanied by archive documents and filmed interviews specially produced for the occasion, in which the artists cast a retrospective gaze on their Venetian experience. The considerable development of Luxembourg's art scene over the last 25 years is indirectly reflected through the Biennales.
This exhibition is part of the framework of Atelier Luxembourg, an initiative including several exhibitions and projects focussed on artistic creativity in Luxembourg since 1945, developed in partnership with Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (Dudelange), the Musée d'histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, the Musée national d'histoire et d'art and Villa Vauban - Musée d'art de la Ville de Luxembourg.
Luxembourg's 1956 participation in the Venice Biennale is currently on display at the Musée national d'histoire et d'art in Luxembourg (21/09/2012 - 20/01/2013).
Artiste: Jean-Marie Biwer, Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert , Simone Decker, Doris Drescher, Marie-Paule Feiereisen, Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil, Patricia Lippert, Jill Mercedes, Bertrand Ney, Moritz Ney, Antoine Prum, Bert Theis, Su-Mei Tse, Luc Wolff
Commissaire : Enrico Lunghi
Sous le Haut Patronage de Son Altesse Royale la Grande-Duchesse
Partenaire principal de l'exposition : Banque BSI Luxembourg SA
ATELIER LUXEMBOURG: Doris Drescher
THE VENICE BIENNALE PROJECTS 1988-2011
13/10/2012 - 24/02/2013
@ Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Since 1988, Luxembourg has regularly participated in one of the most important international contemporary art events: the Venice Biennale, one of the characteristics of which is the hosting of national pavilions, inherited from the model of 19th century International Exhibitions. The history of Luxembourg's participation in the Venice Biennale reads like a veritable success story.
The first participations only offered Luxembourg's artists limited exhibition conditions: confined to the Padiglione Italia, which at the time hosted countries without pavilions. Then, in 1995 what appeared to be an inextricable situation - the eviction of countries without pavilions from the Giardini, the main site for the Biennale - turned to Luxembourg's advantage. Finally, in 2003 to everyone's surprise, the Luxembourg pavilion, installed since 1999 in a 15th century building known as the Ca' del Duca, was awarded the Golden Lion for best national participation.
The exhibition Atelier Luxembourg - The Venice Biennale Projects 1988-2011 retraces the exceptional development of the presence of a small country in this international contemporary art event. As far as possible, it reconstructs the artistic projects as they were displayed in Venice, with the original artworks and the necessary adaptations for their exhibition in a museum context. Presented are the projects by Patricia Lippert and Moritz Ney (1988), Marie-Paule Feiereisen (1990), Jean-Marie Biwer and Bertrand Ney (1993), the pavilion Potemkin Lock by Bert Theis (1995), a reinterpretation of the installation Magazzino by Luc Wolff (1997), Chewing and Folding in Venice by Simone Decker (1999), the installation Casa Mia by Doris Drescher (2001), the exhibition Air Conditioned by Su-Mei Tse (2003), Mondo Veneziano a movie by Antoine Prum (2005), the video installation Collision Zone by Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert (2009) and the installation Le Cercle fermé by Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil (2011).
Because it was intimately linked to the space of the Ca' del Duca itself, the project Endless Lust by Jill Mercedes (2007) is only presented in the exhibition in the form of documentation.
The various presentations are accompanied by archive documents and filmed interviews specially produced for the occasion, in which the artists cast a retrospective gaze on their Venetian experience. The considerable development of Luxembourg's art scene over the last 25 years is indirectly reflected through the Biennales.
This exhibition is part of the framework of Atelier Luxembourg, an initiative including several exhibitions and projects focussed on artistic creativity in Luxembourg since 1945, developed in partnership with Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, the Centre national de l'audiovisuel (Dudelange), the Musée d'histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, the Musée national d'histoire et d'art and Villa Vauban - Musée d'art de la Ville de Luxembourg.
Luxembourg's 1956 participation in the Venice Biennale is currently on display at the Musée national d'histoire et d'art in Luxembourg (21/09/2012 - 20/01/2013).
Artiste: Jean-Marie Biwer, Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert , Simone Decker, Doris Drescher, Marie-Paule Feiereisen, Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil, Patricia Lippert, Jill Mercedes, Bertrand Ney, Moritz Ney, Antoine Prum, Bert Theis, Su-Mei Tse, Luc Wolff
Commissaire : Enrico Lunghi
Sous le Haut Patronage de Son Altesse Royale la Grande-Duchesse
Partenaire principal de l'exposition : Banque BSI Luxembourg SA
ATELIER LUXEMBOURG - VENICE BIENNALE PROJECTS
ATELIER LUXEMBOURG - THE VENICE BIENNALE PROJECTS 1988-2011
13/10/2012 - 24/02/2013
@ Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Depuis 1988, le Luxembourg participe régulièrement à l'une des plus importantes manifestations internationales d'art contemporain, la Biennale de Venise, dont l'une des caractéristiques, héritée du modèle des Expositions internationales du 19e siècle, est d'accueillir des pavillons nationaux. L'histoire de la participation luxembourgeoise à cette biennale s'écrit comme une véritable success story.
En effet les premières participations, cantonnées au Padiglione Italia qui accueille à cette époque les pays sans pavillon, n'offrent aux artistes luxembourgeois que des conditions d'exposition limitées. Puis, une situation a priori inextricable - l'éviction des pays sans pavillon des Giardini, le site principal de la biennale - tourne en 1995 à l'avantage du Luxembourg. Enfin, à la surprise générale, le pavillon luxembourgeois, installé depuis 1999 dans une bâtisse du 15e siècle, la Ca' del Duca, se voit attribuer en 2003 le Lion d'or pour la meilleure participation nationale.
L'exposition Atelier Luxembourg - The Venice Biennale Projects 1988-2011 retrace le parcours exceptionnel de la présence d'un petit pays à cette manifestation internationale d'art contemporain. Elle reconstitue, autant que possible, les projets artistiques tels qu'ils ont été montrés à Venise, avec les œuvres originales et les adaptations nécessaires pour leur exposition dans un cadre muséal. Sont ainsi présentés les premiers accrochages de Patricia Lippert et Moritz Ney (1988), de Marie-Paule Feiereisen (1990), de Jean-Marie Biwer et Bertrand Ney (1993), le pavillon Potemkin Lock de Bert Theis (1995), une adaptation de l'installation Magazzino de Luc Wolff (1997), l'exposition Chewing and Folding in Venice de Simone Decker (1999), l'installation Casa Mia de Doris Drescher (2001), l'exposition Air Conditioned de Su-Mei Tse (2003), le film Mondo Veneziano d'Antoine Prum (2005), l'environnement vidéo Collision Zone de Gast Bouschet et Nadine Hilbert (2009) et l'installation Le Cercle fermé de Martine Feipel et Jean Bechameil (2011).
Parce qu'il était intimement lié à l'espace même de la Ca' del Duca, le projet Endless Lust de Jill Mercedes (2007), n'est présenté dans l'exposition que sous la forme d'une documentation.
Les différentes présentations sont accompagnées de documents d'archives et d'entretiens filmés réalisés spécialement à cette occasion, dans lesquels les artistes portent un regard rétrospectif sur leur expérience vénitienne. Au fil des biennales, se reflète, en creux, le développement considérable de la scène artistique luxembourgeoise de ces 25 dernières années.
L'exposition au Mudam s'inscrit dans le cadre d'Atelier Luxembourg, une initiative regroupant plusieurs expositions et projets s'intéressant à la création artistique au Luxembourg depuis 1945, développée en partenariat avec le Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, le Centre national de l'audiovisuel (Dudelange), le Musée d'histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, le Musée national d'histoire et d'art et la Villa Vauban - Musée d'art de la Ville de Luxembourg.
La participation luxembourgeoise à la Biennale de Venise de 1956 est, quant à elle, présentée au Musée national d'histoire et d'art (21/09/2012 - 20/01/2013).
Retrouvez l'intégralité des entretiens d'artistes sur le DVD accompagnant le catalogue d'exposition Atelier Luxembourg - The Venice Biennale Projects 1988-2011
ISBN 978-2-919923-10-6
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Luxembourg City | Wikipedia audio article
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Luxembourg City
00:01:48 1 History
00:08:01 2 Geography
00:08:23 2.1 Topography
00:09:50 2.2 Quarters of Luxembourg City
00:10:18 2.3 Climate
00:10:41 3 Government
00:10:49 3.1 Local government
00:12:04 3.2 National government
00:12:28 3.3 European institutions
00:12:59 4 Culture
00:14:30 4.1 Sport
00:15:42 5 Places of interest
00:16:34 6 Transport
00:16:43 6.1 Highways
00:17:29 6.2 Public transport
00:17:38 6.2.1 Rail
00:18:29 6.2.2 Bus
00:19:06 6.2.3 Tram
00:19:38 6.3 Air
00:20:19 7 International relations
00:20:38 7.1 Twin towns – Sister cities
00:20:50 8 Image gallery
00:20:59 9 See also
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Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg, French: Luxembourg, German: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Luxembourgish: Stad Lëtzebuerg or d'Stad, French: Ville de Luxembourg, German: Stadt Luxemburg, Luxemburg-Stadt), is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (also named Luxembourg), and the country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated 213 km (132 mi) by road from Brussels, 372 km (231 mi) from Paris, and 209 km (130 mi) from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed.
As of January 2018, Luxembourg City had a population of 116,323, which is more than three times the population of the country's second most populous commune (Esch-sur-Alzette).
In 2011, Luxembourg was ranked as having the second highest per capita GDP in the world at $80,119 (PPP), with the city having developed into a banking and administrative centre. In the 2011 Mercer worldwide survey of 221 cities, Luxembourg was placed first for personal safety while it was ranked 19th for quality of living.Luxembourg is one of the de facto capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels and Strasbourg), as it is the seat of several institutions, agencies and bodies of the European Union, including the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, the Secretariat of the European Parliament, the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, and the European Stability Mechanism.
Strasbourg | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:46 1 Etymology and names
00:04:50 2 Geography
00:04:59 2.1 Location
00:06:39 2.2 Climate
00:08:10 3 History
00:11:03 4 Districts
00:11:47 5 Main sights
00:11:57 5.1 Architecture
00:18:41 5.2 Parks
00:20:15 5.3 Museums
00:20:31 5.3.1 Fine art museums
00:23:08 5.3.2 Other museums
00:24:33 5.3.3 University museums
00:25:51 5.3.4 Museums in the suburbs
00:26:20 6 Demographics
00:26:47 6.1 Population growth
00:26:56 6.2 Population composition
00:27:06 7 Culture
00:28:00 7.1 Events
00:28:48 8 Education
00:28:57 8.1 Universities and tertiary education
00:31:52 8.2 Primary and secondary education
00:32:40 9 Libraries
00:34:04 9.1 Incunabula
00:35:04 10 Transportation
00:39:09 10.1 Strasbourg Public Transportation Statistics
00:40:00 11 European role
00:40:10 11.1 Institutions
00:41:32 11.2 Eurodistrict
00:41:58 12 Sports
00:42:37 13 Honours
00:43:04 14 Notable people
00:44:18 15 Twin towns and sister cities
00:45:19 16 In popular culture
00:45:29 16.1 In film
00:46:09 16.2 In literature
00:46:39 16.3 In music
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Strasbourg (UK: , US: , French: [stʁazbuʁ, stʁasbuʁ]; Alsatian: Strossburi [ˈʃd̥ʁɔːsb̥uʁi] (listen); German: Straßburg [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊɐ̯k]) is the capital and largest city of the Grand Est region of France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin department.
In 2016, the city proper had 279,284 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 491,409 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 785,839 in 2015 (not counting the section across the border in Germany), making it the ninth largest metro area in France and home to 13% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 915,000 inhabitants in 2014.Strasbourg is one of the de facto three main capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels and Luxembourg), as it is the seat of several European institutions, such as the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines most commonly known in French as Pharmacopée Européenne its European Audiovisual Observatory), the Eurocorps, as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union.
The city is also the seat of many non-European international institutions such as the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine and the International Institute of Human Rights. It is the second city in France in terms of international congress and symposia, after Paris.
Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honour was placed on an entire city centre. Strasbourg is immersed in Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a cultural bridge between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the second largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture. It is also home to the largest Islamic place of worship in France, the Strasbourg Grand Mosque.Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation. The port of Strasbourg is the second largest on the Rhine after Duisburg in Germany, and the fourth largest river port in France after Nantes, Rouen and Bordeaux.
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Strasbourg (, French: [stʁazbuʁ, stʁasbuʁ]; Alsatian: Strossburi [ˈʃd̥ʁɔːsb̥uʁi]; German: Straßburg [ˈʃtʁaːsbʊɐ̯k]) is the capital and largest city of the Grand Est region of France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin department. In 2014, the city proper had 276,170 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 484,157 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 773,347 in 2013 (not counting the section across the border in Germany), making it the ninth largest metro area in France and home to 13% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 915,000 inhabitants in 2014.Strasbourg is one of the de facto capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels and Luxembourg), as it is the seat of several European institutions, such as the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and its European Audiovisual Observatory) and the Eurocorps, as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union. The city is also the seat of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine and the International Institute of Human Rights.Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honour was placed on an entire city centre. Strasbourg is immersed in Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a cultural bridge between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the second largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture. It is also home to the largest Islamic place of worship in France, the Strasbourg Grand Mosque.Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as a hub of road, rail, and river transportation. The port of Strasbourg is the second largest on the Rhine after Duisburg, Germany.
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