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Kammerzell House
Maison Kammerzell
A photomechanical print from around 1900
Kammerzell House is located in StrasbourgKammerzell HouseLocation within Strasbourg
General information
LocationStrasbourg, France
AddressPlace de la Cathédrale
Coordinates48°34′55″N 7°44′59″E / 48.58194°N 7.74972°E / 48.58194; 7.74972
Completed1427; 597 years ago (1427)
Technical details
Floor count5

The Kammerzell House (Alsatian: Kammerzellhüs, French: Maison Kammerzell, German: Kammerzellhaus) is one of the most famous buildings of Strasbourg, France, and one of the most ornate and well-preserved medieval civil housing buildings in late Gothic architecture in the areas formerly belonging to the Holy Roman Empire.

Built in 1427 but twice transformed, in 1467 and 1589, the building as it is now historically belongs to the German Renaissance but is stylistically still attached to the Rhineland black and white timber-framed style of civil (as opposed to administrative, clerical or noble) architecture.

It is situated on Place de la Cathédrale, north-west of the Strasbourg Cathedral.

The building's inside has been decorated on all floors by lavish frescoes by Alsatian painter Léo Schnug (1878-1933). It now houses a restaurant.

Gallery

  • The building in 2015 The building in 2015

External links

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