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Barrage Vauban
The Barrage Vauban is a seventeenth century defensive dam of thirteen sandstone arches that could flood the city's southern approaches, now crowned by a free panoramic terrace with the finest view of the Ponts Couverts and the cathedral.
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The Barrage Vauban is a long, low barrier of thirteen arches in rose colored Vosges sandstone, built across the river Ill between 1686 and 1690 by the engineer Jacques Tarade to the designs of Louis the Fourteenth's fortress master, Sebastien de Vauban. It is at once a bridge and a dam, fitted with sluice gates that could hold back the river and flood the low ground south of the city to repel attackers, a mechanism used in anger during the Prussian siege of 1870. Classified as a historic monument in 1971, it today shelters a lapidary gallery of weathered statues and gargoyle casts from the cathedral and the Palais Rohan along its covered walkway. Its great reward, however, is the free rooftop terrace, which offers the finest panorama in Strasbourg, taking in the four towers of the Ponts Couverts and the cathedral spire beyond.
Datos clave
- 1690 year — Vauban's dam was completed after four years of construction
- 1971 year — The Barrage Vauban was classified as a protected historic monument
- 13 arches — Sandstone arches carry the dam across the river Ill
📍 Passage Georges Frankhauser, 67000, Strasbourg