Barrage Vauban

Worked in 1690 by its namesake—staggering military organizer Sebastien Vauban—the Vauban Dam Barrage Vauban was portrayed out as the city's central surge, and furthermore a critical piece of Strasbourg's fortifications. Guarding the southwestern access to the Grande Île, the dam explores the width of the River Ill and can surge the whole southern end of the town if there should develop an occasion of snare.

Today the magnificent dash, with its 13 twists, awesome models and grass-topped yard, is among the city's most unmistakable significant concentrations and effects an acclaimed post to point, offering generally comprehensive perspectives over the bordering Covered Bridges Ponts Couverts, the Old Town channels and the removed Cathedral of Notre Dame.