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Origin and history

The house located at 20 rue Gutenberg in Strasbourg is a building built in the 2nd half of the 17th century. It is distinguished by its façade classified as Monument Historique since a decree of 25 June 1929, bearing witness to the civil architecture of Strasbourg of that time. Originally integrated into the Grand-Rue (under number 133), it was renumbered after the Great Percée of the 1930s and the urban reorganization of 1962-1963, which gave birth to today's Gutenberg Street.

Gutenberg Street, a former section of the Grand-Rue, now links Gutenberg Square, a historic centre close to the cathedral, to the modern axes opened during the 20th century urban breakthroughs. Although the street has several remarkable buildings, often from the 18th century, some were destroyed during the 1944 bombings and rebuilt in the 1950s. The house of 20 Gutenberg Street, spared or restored, illustrates the resilience of the Strasbourg heritage in the face of historical upheavals.

The name of the street pays tribute to Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of mobile metal characters, although he had no direct connection to the monument. The medieval distinction between the rue Haute (Obere Strasse) and the lower part of the Grand-Rue, the future rue Gutenberg, highlights the ancient anchoring of this road in the urban fabric. Today, the house embodies both the Alsatian architectural heritage and the urban transformations of the twentieth century.

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