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Ville Haute

The Ville-Haute is a district in central , in southern . It is the historic center of Luxembourg City and is involved in its UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
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  • Type: Suburb with 3,450 residents
  • Description: quarter in central Luxembourg City
  • Also known as: “Centre”, “Oberstadt”, and “Uewerstad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grand Ducal Palace and Cercle Municipal.

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The is a palace in , in southern . It is the official residence of the grand duke of Luxembourg, and where he performs most of his duties as head of state of the grand duchy, though his principal residence is , in Colmar-Berg.

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The or Cercle Cité is a building in , in southern . It is located at the eastern end of the Place d'Armes, in the historic central Ville Haute quarter of the city.

Museum
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The National Museum of Archaeology, History and Art, abbreviated to MNAHA, is a cultural institution in , southern . The institution manages three museum sites and two research centres. The museum sites are: The research centres are:…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pfaffenthal and Bock.

Suburb
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is a district in central , in southern . The district owes its name to the German words Pfaffen, meaning monk, and Tal, meaning valley, as the area was once administered by the Benedictine Abbey in Altmunster.

Locality
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The is a promontory in the north-eastern corner of 's old historical district. It was here that Count Siegfried built his Castle of Lucilinburhuc in 963, providing a basis for the development of the town that became .

Locality
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is a locality.

Ville Haute

Latitude
49.6124° or 49° 36′ 45″ north
Longitude
6.12861° or 6° 7′ 43″ east
Population
3,450
Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)
Open location code
8FX8J46H+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1374388907
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
12035862
Wiki­data ID
Q1966656
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Turkish—“Ville Haute” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Luxemburg-Oberstadt”
  • Bavarian: “Oberstadt”
  • Bavarian: “Ville Haute”
  • Catalan: “Ville Haute”
  • Chinese: “上城”
  • Dutch: “Oberstadt (Luxemburg)”
  • Dutch: “Oberstadt”
  • Dutch: “Uewerstad”
  • Dutch: “Ville haute”
  • Dutch: “Ville-Haute”
  • French: “Ville-Haute”
  • German: “Luxemburg-Oberstadt”
  • German: “Oberstadt”
  • German: “Ville Haute”
  • Italian: “Ville-Haute”
  • Luxembourgish: “Uewerstad”
  • Luxembourgish: “Zentrum”
  • Polish: “Ville-haute”
  • Slovenian: “Ville Haute”
  • Spanish: “Oberstadt”
  • Spanish: “Uewerstad”
  • Spanish: “Ville Haute”
  • Spanish: “Ville-Haute”
  • Swedish: “Oberstadt”
  • Swedish: “Uewerstad”
  • Swedish: “Ville haute”
  • Turkish: “Ville Haute”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ville Haute”. Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.