
Subprefecture and commune in Grand Est, France
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Saint-Dié-des-Vosges is a town of 20,000 people (2018) in Lorraine.
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A textile factory designed by Le Corbusier. It's one of 17 of his buildings worldwide that are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The cathedral has a Gothic nave and choir designed in the 14th century; the portal of red stone was created by Giovanni Betto in the beginning of the 18th century. A cloister, begun in the 14th century but never finished, contains a stone pulpit, and connects with the Petite-Eglise or Notre-Dame-de-Galilée, a well-preserved specimen of Romanesque architecture of the 12th century. All of the monuments were restored or rebuilt in the same manner after 1950.
Romanesque church from the 12th century.
Neo-Romanesque church made of reddish sandstone from 1902 with a steep tower.
The chapel was built in the 15th century on the site of the former house chapel and burial place of Saint Deodatus (namesake and patron saint of Saint-Dié).
The Tower of Freedom was built in 1989 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. After the celebrations in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, it was rebuilt and opened to the public on July 14, 1990.
Regional museum of the Vosges with archaeological finds from Celtic and Roman times, paintings by local artists from the 17th to 20th centuries, handicraft objects (faience and porcelain), militaria, prepared animals and objects from traditional everyday culture.
Fortified high altitude site from the 2nd to 1st century BC.
By train
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges train station is served approximately once an hour by regional express trains (TER) from Nancy via Lunéville, the journey takes a little over an hour.
By bus
On weekdays, bus 30428 runs every two hours from Sélestat train station to Saint-Dié, travel time 70 minutes.
By car
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges is on the route nationale N59 . This leads from Sélestat/Strasbourg in one direction and Lunéville/Nancy in the other direction.
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