Luxembourg City Historic Walk (part 1)
2 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 8/20/2008 12:58:00 PM.
Going for a stroll through Luxembourg's old city parts and hunting down historic buildings and places of interest from various ages. Let's hope it won't rain today, since the sky is very cloudy.
Wonderful art nouveau window frames in the main shopping street, almost ignored by the busy shoppers below them
the tower of "Conrot's Eck" building (1897), with the red lion, national symbol of pride and identity, visible below the bulb
further below, a pieta from 1570 is installed inside the building's corner, as a reminder of its former tenants, the guild house of the city's butchers and bakers
a look down south from Conrot's Eck, onto the "Lentzen Eck" building
the view onto rue du Nord, a tiny narrow street with shops and restaurants
the former palace of justice, dating back to 1565 when it was the governor's palace
behind the new national museum
the former tavern of the "welle mann" (wild man)
footbridge connecting parts of the museum
one of the main entrance gates of the medieval city was through this tunnel
the "wild man" giving its name to the building whose corner side he occupies
twins
these streets are again packed with ugly graffit
fragments of coats of arms above an ancient door
a golden pieta
this unseeing little hole is called "Scheieschlach" and it was the oldest road leading into the city, dating back to Roman times. unfortunately the road doesn't exist anymore today, and the hole leads onto an interior court and gardens with a view
down we go now
to get a view onto the other plateau in front of us, where the skyscrapers of Kirchberg and institutional buildings for the EU popped out between the trees and former ramparts of the fortress. the towers on the left are the European Court of Justice, on the right we see the MUDAM and the future building of the national library. tiny on the right lower part is a spanish tower
and back out of Scheieschlach we go again
a freshly renovated door
a former convent and hospital, awaiting renovation work. currently its a retirement home, but it will soon be turned into expensive appartments with amazing views
Now this is a real treat for us: the oldest house in the city. It got used as a city hall in the 10th century and as a police post under the french occupation. Since 1824 has this place been a tavern
at the back side of the grand-ducal palace, a detailed medallion shows Ermesinde I, countess of Luxembourg from 1197-1247
a heavily decorated door in the street behind the palace, belonging to the former 'Hotel de Luxembourg'. The 'Café Francais' was installed in this house from 1807-1837, and even served as a stage to theater troupes.
the sculptures on the roof of the government house
view onto the towers of the cathedral notre dame
archaeological excavations in the rue de l'eau
Labels: Architecture shot, Luxembourg, photography
its strange but when you live in a place, you don't even see all those things, im pretty sure, there are many more!
Awesome!!! Thank you!