Guided tour of the former General Treasury of the Bas-Rhin 🇩🇪

Name: Visita guiada de la antigua Tesorería General del Bajo Rin (??)
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Direction régionale des finances publiques

The Regional Directorate of Public Finance of the Grand-Est and the Bas-Rhin Department welcomes you for a guided tour of its emblematic building in the Imperial Square of the Neustadt...

Sábado 16 septiembre 2023, 10:00Passed

Herramientas de registro

drfip67.mission-communication@dgfip.finances.gouv.fr

Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique

The Regional Directorate of Public Finance of the Grand-Est and the Department of the Bas-Rhin welcomes you for a guided tour of its emblematic building of the imperial square of the Neustadt.
Lasting approximately 25 minutes, discover this building, seat, from 1902, of the most important administrations of the country of Empire Alsace-Lorraine. Visits in German will also be offered on Saturday morning for the following slots: 10:15, 11:15 and 12:15. Groups will be limited to 12 people. In addition, flyers in German will be distributed.

About the location

Direction régionale des finances publiques

4 place de la République, 67000 Strasbourg

Bas-Rhin
Grand Est

Old(Former) general Cash(Finance) of the Bas-Rhin, the building(ship) shelters currently the Regional office of Public finances Big(Great) department of the Bas-Rhin is and. The old(former) Western Ministry is protected in conformance with(for) Historic monuments since 1996.
External description: Plan in quadrilateral with courtyard and passage on court(yard) crossing the West wings and the East. Building(Ship) built in beige sandstone of Vosges on a plot of land in island, lined by the place(square) of the Republic in the South (eg. Kaiserplatz), the avenue of Peace in the East, the avenue from Vosges to the North and the street Louis Apffel on the West. The side wings the West is and were built as before on the avenue of Peace and street Louis Apffel. Detached houses(Flags) of angle. The main facade includes seventeen spans, among which five for the central forepart and one by detached house(flag) of angle. North wing, central forepart not restored postwar years. The front wall(pediment) cut out, which crowns the central forepart of the south wing, includes a radiant(shining) rocaille cartouche surmounted(overcome) by a seated female allegory and the god Mercury sat(based) on draperies. The central cartouche originates, was sculpted by the imperial eagle of the dynasty of Hohenzollern. Mercury and the female allegory were leant on Charlemagne's crown or crown of the Germanic saint Empire romain. Sommital crowning is a simple jewel(flagship) adorned with a laurel wreath and crown of oak-leaves today. On both(all) sides of the radiant(shining) cartouche, a press with grapes, a sheaf of wheat, bunches of grapes, a locomotive and a gear wheel represent the allocations(attributions) of old(former) Western Ministry, in particular Agriculture(Farming), Business(Trade) and Industry.