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Samedi 21 septembre 2019, 10h00Passat
Setembre 2019
Dissabte 21
10:00 - 18:00
Accessible a las personas amb un handicap motor

Parlement européen - Bâtiment Louise Weiss

1 allée du Printemps, 67070 Strasbourg
  • Bas-Rhin
  • Grand Est

Visit of the building(ship) Louise Weiss

Visit of the building(ship) and of Parlamentarium
Samedi 21 septembre 2019, 10h00Passat
Parlement européen

to Discover the main spaces of the European Parliament, such the semicircle(French National Assembly) (place of parliamentary sessions) and the different meeting rooms, as well as Parlamentarium. State employees of the Parliament will inform the public who better wishes to understand the role of the European Parliament.

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thème 2019
Pas cap seleccion
Conditions de participation
Gratuit

À propos du lieu

Parlement européen - Bâtiment Louise Weiss
1 allée du Printemps, 67070 Strasbourg
  • Bas-Rhin
  • Grand Est
Built in 1999 and designed by the Architecture-Studio agency, the Louise Weiss building was completed in anticipation of the 1995 and 2004 enlargements of the European Union and can accommodate up to 1,000 European parliamentarians. The Plenary Room is the venue for the main monthly sessions of Members of the European Parliament. Previously, the European Parliament shared the facilities of the Council of Europe and used the plenary room of the Palais de l'Europe, inaugurated in 1977.
The building’s architects based the structure on key shapes: an arch, dome and tower surrounding an elliptical agora. For its designers, this architecture formalizes “systems of open relations [...] in the image of democracy as unity and composed, today and tomorrow.”
The tower, made of glass and sandstone, measures 60m high. The summit seems unfinished and symbolizes the European project under construction. The long arch of the building follows the banks of the Ill and the Marne canal to the Rhine. It hou
Etiquetas
Patrimoine européen, Lieu de pouvoir, édifice judiciaire, Architecture contemporaine remarquable
Accès
Tram E: stop «European Parliament». Bus lines 6, 30 and 72: stop «Human Rights» (10 minutes walk from the Parliament).
©Frantisek Zvardon / Ville et Eurométropole