On November 27th we were in Strasbourg, France, one of the stops in our school trip. We had the possibility to enter Palais Rohan and visit its museums that were very interesting. The photo on the top shows the outward appearance of the palace, who was built between 1732 and 1742 for Cardinal Armand-Gaston de Rohan Soubise; he was the prince and bishop of the city. The design was made by the architect of the king of France, the same who designed Versailles: Robert de Cotte. It was built in Baroque style, you can notice this by looking at the decorations who are very luxurious and complex. The second photo shows the first room of the Museum of Decorative Arts after the entrance, named "The Bishop's sitting room". It's full of Baroque elements, first of all the wooden decorations on the doors and the ceiling. On the ceiling there is a big candelabrum in gold and crystal. Then there is the furniture. In Baroque style, buildings have always a purpose of amazement in the viewer. The armchairs are made in wood, red velvet and of course gold. There are dining and gaming tables, paintings of the civic virtues (Prudence, Peace, Immortality, Concord, Zeal and Public bliss) and marble busts of Roman emperors. In the palace there is also the Fine Arts Museum, which shows five centuries of paintings, from the 14th to the 19th century. The museum also has paintings by Raphael (a famous Italian Renaissance artist) Giotto and Tintoretto. The most famous here by Raphael is "Portrait of a Young Woman" (1520) that is the third photo you can see. Here Raphael shows his ideal of beauty with a luminous and perfectly smooth face. Then, left to Raphael's painting, there is a portrait of Joan of Arc, the famous heroin who in the 15th century fought for the freedom of France and was burned in Rouen, France, as a witch in 1431 when she was only 19 years old. In this palace also slept famous people, like the king of France Louis XV, the duchess and future queen of France Marie Antoinette in 1770 and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the beginning of the 19th century. The palace was built as a residence of Rohan's bishops. After the French Revolution in 1789 it became Napoleon's royal residence and finally in 1870 it was turned into a museum.