Exterior view
by COTTE, Robert de, Photo
Robert de Cotte was one of the most influential architects of the first half of the eighteenth century. He should be regarded mainly as a planner and designer, the realization of his proposals was mostly left to other master builders local to the sites. This was how the Strasbourg architect Joseph Massol (c.1706-1771) realized his most magnificent project, the Palais de Rohan, seat of the prince-bishop of Strasbourg.
The most significant feature of this building, designed as a monumental h�tel, is the fa�ade onto the Ilm, with seventeen window apertures and a dominant central pavilion with giant orders.