A walk by the canals of river Ill, in Little France. Little France is a historic quartet in the center of the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace, France.
Petite (Little) France is a historic quarter of the city of Strasbourg in, France. It is located at the western end of the Grande Île, which contains the historical centre of the city. At Petite France, the River Ill splits up into a number of channels that cascade through an area that was, in the Middle Ages, home to the city's tanners, millers and fishermen, and is now one of Strasbourg's main tourist attractions. Petite France forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Grande Île, designated in 1988. The name was not given for patriotic or architectural reasons. It comes from the "hospice of the syphilitic" (Hospice des Vérolés, in French), which was built in the late fifteenth century on this island, to cure persons with syphilis, then called Franzosenkrankheit ("French disease") in German.
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Location: 1 Quai du Woerthel, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Photo credit: © Apostolis Giontzis / Alamy / Afripics
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