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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 hôtel, is the façade onto the Ilm, with seventeen window apertures and a dominant central pavilion with giant orders.
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