Saverne
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Saverne is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km northwest of St
Château des Rohan
The Chappe semaphore tower near Saverne, France
Rohan Castle
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Rohan Castle, also known as Château Neuf or the Château de Saverne, is an eighteenth-century neoclassical palace in the city of Saverne in Alsace, France. It was one of the residences of Archbishops o
Saverne
…gave its name to the local beer (fr: Bière de la Licorne) and to the Karlsbräu brewery (f: Brasserie la Licorne) making it. Its principal building, the Rohan Castle (Château des Rohan), is the former residence of the bishops of Strasbourg, rebuilt by Cardinal de Rohan in 1779, it was used by the Germans as barracks…
The garden facade
Model of the baroque Château before the fire of 1779
View of Saverne, the château and its park by Jean-Martin Weiss in 1751