FRANCE ~ Petite France - Strasborug - UNESCO ~

... Lovely view of the most charming district of Strasbourg... Petite France is a nostalgic view into an ancient way of life... with the typical colorful half-timbered houses and canals... a must visit when in Strasbourg  ...this area was in the Middle Ages home to the city's tanners, millers and fishermen... stamped at the European Parliament... Heel Erg Bedankt Johan!!【ツ】➝Johan Postcards

Strasbourg is the capital and largest city of the Grand Est region of France and is the official seat of the European Parliament.

La "Petite France" is a historic quarter of the city of Strasbourg in eastern France. It is located at the western end of the Grande Île, which contains the historical centre of the city.

The name Petite-France ("Little France") 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 15thC on this island, to cure persons with syphilis, then called Franzosenkrankheit ("French disease") in German.

Petite France forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Grande Île, designated in 1988.

Stamp:

2017 EUROPA Stamps - Palaces and Castles
(Issued 14-05-2017)