Strasbourg
European Parliament's home
Strasbourg is a city in northeastern France, capital of the Alsace region, situated on the border with Germany.
The city serves as the official seat of the European Parliament and hosts other major European institutions.
Its location and history have given it a Franco-German cultural character, reflected in its architecture and dialect: We toured the medieval quarter of Strasbourg.
Of the Middle Ages
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- GutenbergPrinting press inventor's name
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
Vauban · treaties · guilds · sieges · annexations · timeworn · Renaissance · battles
National legislative assembly
- EUEuropean political-economic bloc
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
- integrationCombining into a whole
commission · legislation · directive · treaty · Schengen · diplomacy · plenary · MEP
Construction with visible framework
- choucrouteFrench fermented cabbage
- RieslingGermanic aromatic white varietal
- GewürztraminerAromatic white wine variety
- dialectRegional language variety
Franco-German · canals · tanners · geraniums
Major Central European waterway
- borderOuter edge or limit
- Franco-GermanRelating to both nations
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
hub · nexus · gateway · corridor · route · trade · exchange · waterways
Medieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- spireTapering architectural peak
- rose-windowCircular ornamental church window
- naveChurch's main interior
- platformRaised flat structure
buttress · sandstone · gargoyle · transept · chancel · organ · pilgrimage · Romanesque
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- GutenbergPrinting press inventor's name
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
fortifications · Vauban · treaties · guilds · sieges · annexations · timeworn · Renaissance · battles · Hanseatic
parliament
National legislative assembly
- EUEuropean political-economic bloc
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
integration · commission · legislation · directive · treaty · Schengen · diplomacy · plenary · MEP · hemicycle
half-timbered
Construction with visible framework
- choucrouteFrench fermented cabbage
- RieslingGermanic aromatic white varietal
- GewürztraminerAromatic white wine variety
dialect · Franco-German · canals · tanners · geraniums
Rhine
Major Central European waterway
- borderOuter edge or limit
- Franco-GermanRelating to both nations
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
confluence · hub · nexus · gateway · corridor · route · trade · exchange · waterways · network
Notre-Dame
Medieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- spireTapering architectural peak
- rose-windowCircular ornamental church window
- naveChurch's main interior
platform · buttress · sandstone · gargoyle · transept · chancel · organ · pilgrimage · Romanesque · apse
- French CitiesParis, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse
- AlsaceColmar, wine route, half-timbered houses, storks, Christmas markets
- Alsace-LorraineAlsace, Lorraine, Colmar, Nancy, Moselle
- France geographyregions, departments, provinces, communes, cantons
- French GeographyAlps, Corsica, Ile-de-France, Burgundy, Aquitaine
- Roman CitiesRoma, Pompeii, Ostia, Londinium, Ravenna