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Ancienne fonderie de canons

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures des bâtiments de l'ancienne fonderie de canons situés sur le quai Schoepflin et sur la cour : inscription par arrêté du 12 octobre 1929
Protection dates
1929/10/12 : inscrit MH
Type
usine d'armes
Main period of construction
17e siècle, 18e siècle
Dates
1642
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Address
18 place Broglie
Commune
Strasbourg
Département
Bas-Rhin
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
48.58633, 7.75138
Mérimée reference
PA00085035

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construit en 1642, comme l'indique une date mutilée, le bâtiment protégé, en plan rectangulaire, fut légèrement transformé pour recevoir les pièces d'artillerie qui venaient d'être fondues. Son pignon principal, à trois étages, percé d'un portail à fronton, est orné d'enroulements ajoutés au 18e siècle. La fonderie était installée à l'emplacement de l'ancien arsenal de la ville de Strasbourg constitué à partir de 1430 derrière le mur d'enceinte du 13e siècle, elle utilisait les bâtiments d'un couvent de Clarisses et une partie des fortifications urbaines.

English translation

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Built in 1642, as indicated by a mutilated date, the protected building, in rectangular plan, was slightly transformed to receive artillery pieces that had just been cast. Its main gable, three storeys, pierced by a portal with pediment, is decorated with scrollwork added in the 18th century. The foundry was installed on the site of the former arsenal of the city of Strasbourg established from 1430 behind the urban defensive wall of the 13th century, it used the buildings of a convent of Poor Clares and part of the urban fortifications.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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