Selestat Attractions
Sélestat (pop. 17,514) lies on the river Ill, roughly on the border between Upper and Lower Alsace. In the eighth century it was a Carolingian stronghold, and between 1217 and 1648 it was a free imperial city, a member of the league of 10 Alsatian cities from 1354. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was an important center of early humanism, with its "Latin school" (grammar school) and its Literary Society.
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St Georges Church
St Georges is a massive Gothic church with an impressive interior displaying an intricately carved 17th C pulpit.
Ste Foy
In the center of Sélestat old town is the Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall) and a little to the east is the three-towered church of Ste-Foy, a Late Romanesque building (11th-12th century) with rich external ornament, a porch of typical Alsatian type and a handsome octagonal tower over the crossing. Notable features of the interior are the capitals and the crypt.
