LUXEMBOURG CITY 241

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25 km (16 miles) SE of Arlon.

Road Map F5. * 86,000. k

£ @ n 30 Place Guillame II;

222809. _ Octave (3rd week
        after Easter). http://www.lcto.lu

LUXEMBOURG CITY

The Bock 6

Casemates de la Pétrusse 3

Cathédrale Notre-Dame 2

Centre Européen 9

Cour de Justice 0

Kirchberg 8

Musée d’Art Moderne

Grand-Duc Jean q

Musée Draï Eechelen w

Musée d’Histoire de la Ville

de Luxembourg 4

Musée National d’Histoire

et d’Art 5

Palais Grand-Ducal 1

Villa Vauban 7

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E Musée d’Histoire de la
Ville de Luxembourg
14 Rue du St-Esprit. Tel 47964500.

10am–6pm Tue–Sun, 10am–8pm

Thu. & 7 = http://www.musee-hist.lu
The history of Luxembourg is
revealed in this sleek, ultra-
modern museum ingeniously
converted from four town-
houses dating from the 17th
to 19th centuries. Modern
interactive display techniques
combine with artifacts and
informational panels to nar-
rate the story of the city. An
added attraction is the view

and reinforced by Siegfried of

Lorraine, and became the key

stronghold of the city for cen-

turies. Between 1737 and 1746,

the Austrians excavated soft

sandstone beneath the castle,

creating a network of galleries,

staircases and tunnels over a

distance of 23 km (14 miles).

These casemates included gun

emplacements for 50 canons,

munitions stores, workshops,

stables and kitchens: sufficient

for a garrison of 1,200 men.

They were part of a pro-

gramme of reinforcements

that made the city almost

impregnable – or what French

military engineer Lazare

Carnot (1753–1823) termed

the Gilbraltar of the North.

The casements were also

used as bomb shelters for

35,000 people during World

War II. Tours take visitors

around a small portion of the

tunnels. The Archaeological

Crypt presents the excavated

remains of the Bock castle.

E Musée National

d’Histoire et d’Art

Marché-aux-Poissons. Tel 479330-1.

# 10am–5pm Tue–Sun, 10am–8pm

Thu. & (free 5–8pm Thu.) - =

http://www.mnha.lu

A group of elegant town houses

and a monolithic modern block

combine to form the intriguing

Musée National d’Histoire et

d’Art. The historical section

of the museum covers the

history of Luxembourg from

prehist oric to medieval times,

and includes numerous

Gallo-Roman treasures from

archaeological finds: coins,

mosaics, sculpture, jewellery

and domestic wares. There are

also decorative and fine arts,

paintings from the Middle Ages

to modern times and work by

artists from all over Europe,

including watercolours of the

city by landscape painter

JMW Turner (1775–1851).

Glass façade of the Musée d’Histoire
de la Ville de Luxembourg

from the huge glass panoramic

lift that rises through all six of

the museum’s levels, gliding

past 1,000 years of history.

P The Bock

Montée de Clausen. # Mar–Oct:

10am–5pm daily. & 8

The city’s original castle was

built on the Rocher du Bock.

In AD 963, it was captured

Key to Symbols see back flap

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Street-by-Street pp242–3

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