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Narrow winding streets abound, as do houses with gabled roofs and carved fronts. 

 High above all rises the lofty steeple of the famous minster, constructed of red 

 sandstone. This is one of the most remarkable buildings of the world, being 

 surpassed in height only by the cathedral of Rouen, the Great Pyramid, and the 

 church of St. Nicholas at Hamburg. Master Erwin of Steinbach, one of its 

 architects, has immortalised himself in the great western portal. Standing upon 



Fig. 103. — Stk.\8sburg. 

 Scale 1 : 133,000. 



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the platform of the minster, the town lies spread out beneath us like a map, and 

 the eye ranges as far as the Vosges and the Black Forest. 



A monument has been erected to Marshal Saxe in the Protestant church of St. 

 Thomas. Statues of General Kléber and Gutenberg occupy the principal square. 

 As befitted a town which has played a leading part in the history of printing, 

 Strassburg boasted the possession of a valuable library. The general who 



