Photo: Pexels The library of the humanist Beatus Rhenanus has been on UNESCO’s Memory of the World register since 2011. The building reopened in 2018 after a redesign by the architect Rudy Ricciotti.
The exhibition presents manuscripts, incunabula and objects from the collections, including a document often cited as one of the earliest written mentions of the Christmas tree.
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In the centre of Sélestat; combine it with the old town and nearby Haut-Kœnigsbourg.
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