Strasbourg

Strasbourg French port city on the Rhine River in the Alsace region. Originally called Argentoratum (the »silver« city), in 12 B.C. the Romans renamed the place Strateburgum (City of Roads). In the 10th century, it was included in the Holy Roman Empire. By the 13th century, it had become a free imperial city, allowing it to develop the famous annual fairs that attracted people from all over Europe. The first bridge across the Rhine was built there at that time. Gutenberg (ca 1400 – 1468), the…