Ancienne Douane (Strasbourg)

Ancienne Douane
Ancienne Douane
	South side of Ancienne Douane and river Ill in 2012
	Location of Ancienne Douane
Former names	German: Kaufhaus; German: Markthalle
General information
Type	customs house
Architectural style	Gothic
Location	Strasbourg, France
Address	6, rue de la Douane
Coordinates	48°34′46″N 7°45′00″E / 48.57944°N 7.75000°ECoordinates: 48°34′46″N 7°45′00″E / 48.57944°N 7.75000°E
Construction started	1358
Completed	1389
Renovated	1962–1965
Destroyed	1944
Owner	Municipality of Strasbourg
Design and construction
Architect	Robert Will (reconstruction)

Ancienne Douane ("Old Custom house") is a 14th-century building on the Grande Île, the historic city centre of Strasbourg, France. It is classified as a Monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1948.^[1]

The custom house was built in 1358 and enlarged in 1389. It was heavily damaged by British and American bombing raids on 11 August 1944 and left as a ruin for almost two decades before being rebuilt according to the medieval plans by architect Robert Will (1910–1998).^[2]^[3]

The Ancienne Douane currently houses a restaurant and a covered market.

References[]

^ Base Mérimée: Ancienne douane, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ "HISTOIRE - Ancienne Douane". L'Ancienne Douane. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
^ Recht, Roland; Klein, Jean-Pierre; Foessel, Georges (1988). Connaître Strasbourg. Colmar: Éditions Alsatia. p. 135. ISBN 2-7032-0185-0.

External links[]

Ancienne Douane on archi-wiki.org
Marie Marty: Quand l’Ancienne douane était le Rungis de Strasbourg, Rue89 Strasbourg, 24 December 2015 (in French)

[1] Base Mérimée: Ancienne douane, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

[2] "HISTOIRE - Ancienne Douane". L'Ancienne Douane. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

[3] Recht, Roland; Klein, Jean-Pierre; Foessel, Georges (1988). Connaître Strasbourg. Colmar: Éditions Alsatia. p. 135. ISBN 2-7032-0185-0.

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