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Cathedral of Notre-Dame, made of sandstone, a masterpiece of weaves and embroideries carved in stone. It was built from the eleventh century (the choir is Romanesque and the nave is Gothic), and end only in 1439. The western faÁade was completed in 1284, a few years after the start of work, but the tower, 142 meters high, was completed two centuries later. inside the cathedral there is a famous astronomical clock built over the course of several centuries. It can play the precession of the equinoxes and has become one of the nodes of was restored by Jean Baptiste the Rhine, the strongest economic region of europe. SchwilguÈ. the square of this beautiful cathedral houses the Maison Kammerzell, a beautiful Classifed as “World Heritage” by UNESCO, Strasbourg is a city restaurant that was once the residence of a wealthy merchant; with a very high quality of life and an intense cultural life. one of its sumptuous faÁade dates from the most beautiful ways to see the fourteenth century. the city is by a boat trip on the canals that surround the old city. during the boat trip you can also see the Ponts-Couverts, covered bridges connected by medieval watchtowers, once strategic points on the four channels of the ill and the picturesque petite France, the old neighborhood crossed by beautiful bridges. One of the monuments to visit is undoubtedly the magnifcent