Louise Weiss building - Strasbourg, Alsace, France
N 48° 35.844 E 007° 46.130
32U E 409226 N 5383433
The “Louise Weiss” building, the principal building of the EU Parliament, was inaugurated in 1999.
Waymark Code: WMJ3XG
Location: Grand-Est, France
Date Posted: 09/19/2013
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"With its surface of 220,000m² and its distinctive 60m tower, it is one of the biggest and most visible buildings of Strasbourg. The Louise Weiss building was designed by the Paris-based team of architects Architecture-Studio. The architects were inspired by Roman amphitheatres.
The voluntarily unfinished aspect of the 60m high tower carries heavy symbolism, as it is alleged to have been oriented eastwards, i.e. towards eastern Europe, of which by the time of the completion of the building no country had yet joined the EU. However, the open side of the tower actually faces west. Urban legends and Internet memes have long alleged that its design consciously mirrors the Tower of Babel as painted by Bruegel (the Vienna version).