The Palace of the Alsace-Lorraine Diet, also known as the Palais de la Diète d’Alsace-Lorraine Landesausschuss puis Parlement, is a parliament building in Strasbourg. It was constructed between 1888 and 1892 in a neo-Renaissance style by architects August Hartel and Skjøld Neckelmann. The building is located at 7, place de la République, in the heart of the German imperial district.
From 1892 to 1919, it housed the legislative assembly of Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen. After Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France in 1919, the French government granted the building to the city of Strasbourg. It was then assigned to the music conservatory following a request by director Guy Ropartz. The neo-Renaissance east section, which housed the assembly hemicycle, was destroyed by an American bombardment. Between 1950 and 1957, a theatre with a circular hall was reconstructed on the site by architect Pierre Sonrel in collaboration with Michel Saint-Denis. The music conservatory vacated the building in 1995. The facade, roofs, and access stairs on Place de la République, as well as the theatre hall designed by Pierre Sonrel, were later classified by official decree.
Nearby Objects
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Musée Tomi Ungerer 60 m away -
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Place de la République 160 m away -
Monument aux morts 160 m away -
Strasbourg Opera House 200 m away
Construction and Location
The Palais de la Diete dAlsace-Lorraine, later the Landesausschuss puis Parlement, was constructed between 1888 and 1892 in a neo-Renaissance style. It was designed by the architects August Hartel and Skjold Neckelmann. The building is located at 7, place de la Republique in Strasbourg, in the heart of the German imperial district. Its position and form reflect its role as a major institutional building in the city.
From Legislative Hall to Theater
The Palace of the Diet of Alsace-Lorraine housed the legislative assembly of Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen from 1892 to 1919. After France returned Alsace-Lorraine in 1919, the French government granted the building to the city of Strasbourg. It was then assigned to the music conservatory following a request by director Guy Ropartz, who refused to move into the former Imperial Palace. During the war, the neo-Renaissance east section of the palace, which had contained the assembly hemicycle, was destroyed by an American bombardment. Between 1950 and 1957, a theater with a circular hall was reconstructed on the destroyed site, designed by architect Pierre Sonrel in collaboration with Michel Saint-Denis, director of the National Theater of Strasbourg. The music conservatory vacated the building in 1995. The facade, roofs, and access stairs on Place de la Republique were classified as historic monuments by decree, and the theater hall designed by Pierre Sonrel was also listed by official decree.