Strasbourg, France

Palace of Europe

Palace of Europe, Strasbourg

Henry Bernard's monumental headquarters of the Council of Europe, inaugurated in 1977 beside the Orangerie park. The nine-storey square block in red, silver and brown hosted the European Parliament's plenary sessions until 1999 and remains Europe's house of human rights and democracy.

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Location

Coordinates: 48.595, 7.77194

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