点评:This is a Strasbourg "Must See", from which you will get the best pictures of the city. If you are visiting on a sunny day, I strongly recommend you visit in the afternoon with the sun angle illuminating the city and Petite France's Ponts Couverts. There is other significance to the structure but the main reason to visit is for the best pictures from the roof of the structure.
The name of the structure in French is Vauban's barrier and is significance lies in those two words. Vauban references the creator of the defensive fortification referencing to the Marquis de Vauban, Sebastian le Prestre. The military success of France under Louis XIV in large part is due to great military leaders in France at the time, and the Marquis was the greatest military engineer of his day designing many of the defensive works that provided Louis XIV success during his reign. Much of France's success was the direct result of Vauban's genius, and despite being late in his life at the time France took Alsace, two of his significant works reside in Alsace. The first is the town of Neu-Breisach build on the French west bank opposite the German town of Breisach and protecting the road to Colmar. The second is a barrier meant to dam the waters of the Ile River to flood the areas to the west and south of the city. Today the structure continues to straddle the River Ile with open doors to let the water flow to the Rhine.
You can walk through the interior which now house statue from around the city. However, most people climb the stairs to the roof for the best views of Strasbourg. It really is that beautiful that no visit to Strasbourg is complete without seeing. Now I highly recommend that you make the time to visit.
翻译:这是斯特拉斯堡的“必看景点”,在这里您可以拍到这座城市最美的照片。如果您在阳光明媚的日子游览,我强烈建议您在下午前往,那时阳光会照亮整座城市,并照亮小法兰西的库韦尔桥。这座建筑还有其他重要意义,但参观的主要原因是为了从建筑的屋顶拍摄到最美的照片。
这座建筑的法语名称是“沃邦屏障”,其意义就在于这两个词。沃邦指的是这座防御工事的建造者,指的是沃邦侯爵塞巴斯蒂安·勒普雷斯特。路易十四统治时期法国的军事胜利很大程度上归功于当时法国伟大的军事将领,而沃邦侯爵是当时最伟大的军事工程师,他设计了许多防御工事,为路易十四在位期间的胜利做出了贡献。法国的成功很大程度上得益于沃邦的天才之作。尽管在法国占领阿尔萨斯时沃邦已年事已高,但他的两件重要作品却保存在阿尔萨斯。第一件是新布赖萨赫镇,它建在法国西岸,与德国小镇布赖萨赫隔河相望,保护着通往科尔马的道路。第二件是一道屏障,用于阻挡伊勒河的河水,防止洪水淹没城市西部和南部的地区。如今,这座建筑仍然横跨伊勒河,并设有敞开的门,让河水流入莱茵河。
您可以漫步在城堡内部,那里如今收藏着来自城市各地的雕像。然而,大多数人会爬上楼梯,登上屋顶,欣赏斯特拉斯堡的最佳景色。斯特拉斯堡的景色如此美丽,如果没有亲眼目睹,您的斯特拉斯堡之旅就不算完整。我强烈建议您抽出时间前往参观。