Strasbourg Cathedral
A pink sandstone cathedral begun in 1015 and finished in 1439, which was the tallest building in the world for over two centuries. Only one of its two planned spires was built, giving the west front its lopsided look, and inside stands a famous astronomical clock.
- Where
- Strasbourg, Grand Est, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.5819, 7.7511
Get the Strasbourg Cathedral stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Strasbourg Cathedral. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Grand Est volume with your photos and a note.
Near Strasbourg Cathedral
Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle 48 km
A sandstone castle on a rocky spur of the Vosges, looking out over the Upper Rhine Plain. Abandoned after the Thirty Years' War, it was rebuilt between 1900 and 1908 for the German Kaiser Wilhelm II as a showpiece of the Middle Ages.
Unterlinden Museum 63 km
A museum in a 13th century Dominican convent in Colmar, joined to a former public baths built in 1906. Its great treasure is the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald, with its harrowing Crucifixion, and it is the most visited museum in Alsace.
Fondation Beyeler 111 km
An art museum in a park at Riehen on the edge of Basel, built by Renzo Piano to house the collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler. It shows modern and older art and stages major exhibitions, and in 2016 was the most visited art museum in Switzerland.
Basel Minster 115 km
A red sandstone church with twin towers and a patterned tiled roof, standing above the Rhine in the old town. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral and now a Reformed church, it holds the tomb of the scholar Erasmus.
Kunstmuseum Basel 115 km
Home to the oldest public art collection in the world and generally held to be the most important art museum in Switzerland. Its galleries run from old masters such as Holbein to the art of the present day.
Place Stanislas 116 km
A pedestrian square laid out between 1752 and 1756 for Stanislaus, the former King of Poland who became Duke of Lorraine. Pale stone palaces line its sides and gilded wrought iron gates and fountains fill its corners, an early example of a fully planned monumental square.
Augusta Raurica 117 km
The remains of the oldest known Roman colony on the Rhine, about 20 kilometres east of Basel near Augst and Kaiseraugst. Today an open-air museum, it has a Roman theatre, temples and a reconstructed Roman house among its ruins.
Munot 118 km
A round fortress on Emmersberg hill above the old town of Schaffhausen, built between 1564 and 1589 partly with compulsory labour. Vineyards cover the slope beneath it, and a spiral ramp inside leads up to the broad roof terrace.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Grand Est
Questions
Where is Strasbourg Cathedral?
Strasbourg Cathedral is in Strasbourg, Grand Est, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle (48 km), Unterlinden Museum (63 km), Fondation Beyeler (111 km).
How do I get the Strasbourg Cathedral stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Strasbourg Cathedral and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Grand Est volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Strasbourg Cathedral before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Grand Est volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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