Capital and principal city of Alsace, and the official seat of the European Parliament. Third largest city in France.
This is the Quai Desaix and the Pont l’Abbatoire, over the river Ill, with the ENA – Ecole Nationale d’Administration,
created in 1945 by de Gaulle to open up access to the senior civil service, and one of the symbols of Republican meritocracy.