Editing Saverne (section)

==Sights==
The emblem of the town is a unicorn. Legend has it that a unicorn's horn was found in one of the nearby castles in ruins. It is more likely that a [[narwhal]]'s tooth was discovered and mistaken for a unicorn's horn.
However, it gave its name to the local beer (fr: ''Bière de la Licorne'') and to the [[Karlsbräu]] brewery (f: ''Brasserie la Licorne'') making it.

Its principal building, the [[Rohan Castle]] (''Château des Rohan''), is the former residence of the [[bishop of Strasbourg|bishops of Strasbourg]], rebuilt by [[Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan|Cardinal de Rohan]] in 1779, it was used by the Germans as barracks. It now houses [[Municipal Museum (Saverne)|the city museum]] with its large archeological collection of Roman and Celtic artifacts, a hostel, a small arts and crafts museum as well as the collection of 20th century and ethnological art donated by feminist journalist and politician [[Louise Weiss]].

Other sights include the 15th century former castle (''Château vieux'') and the adjacent 15th century [[Roman Catholic]] [[Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité (Saverne)|parish church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité]] with fine [[stained glass]] and sculptures; a Gothic former [[Franciscan]], then [[Récollets]], monastery with a church and a [[cloister]] ornated by 17th-century frescoes; as well as several old houses, among which the heavily decorated ''Maison Katz'' stands out.

In the vicinity are the ruined castles of [[Haut-Barr]], [[Grand Geroldseck]], [[Ochsenstein]] and [[Greifenstein (Saverne)|Greifenstein]]. Hence a road, immortalized by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]] in ''Dichtung und Wahrheit'', leads across the [[Vosges mountains|Vosges]] to [[Pfalzburg]]. The mountain pass ([[Col de Saverne]]) contains a vast botanical garden, the [[Jardin botanique du col de Saverne]].

Saverne is also known for its Rose Garden, locally known as ''La roseraie''. It is also the host of the  International Contest of New Roses every year. The Garden itself blesses visitors with over 550 varieties of roses.[http://www.ot-saverne.fr/ot_saverne/default.asp?rub=1&ssrub=2&nf=221001653]

[[File:Tour du telegraphe Chappe Saverne 02.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Claude Chappe|Chappe]] semaphore tower near Saverne, [[France]]]]
An old semaphore tower, from the former [[Landau]] (and later [[Strasbourg]]) to [[Paris]] [[semaphore line]], can be seen in the vicinity. It was one of the 50 stations built by the [[first French Empire]] on this line which was the second of this kind in France.