Palais Grand-ducal

Palais grand-ducal - Grand Ducal Palace. Official residence of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. City hall of Luxembourg city from 1572 to 1795. Residence of the Grand Duke from 1890. 17 Rue du marché-aux-Herbes. "A little to the E. of the Place Guillaume lies the Palais Grand Ducal, a tasteful Renaissance building with two oriel windows, erected in 1580 and rebuilt in 1890 et seq.; it was originally the town-hall and later the seat of the government".--Baedeker 1910 DSC_0519p1

Luxembourg: Luxembourg Ville and The Kirchberg

October 1st 2014
Our hotel in Luxembourg, the Novotel, was located in the Kirchberg neighborhood. The Kirchberg Plateau is an area in northeast Luxembourg-Ville. It is not as well known by visitors as the historic center of the old city. Kirchberg was once part of the Luxembourg's extensive fortress complex and housed Fort Thungen. From the demolition of the fortifications in 1867 to the post-World War 2 period, K ... read more

Europe » Luxembourg » Kirchberg

Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839, but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overr... ... read more

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