{{Short description|Public square in Strasbourg, France}} {{Infobox street | name = Place Gutenberg | other_name = | image = Strasbourg place Gutenberg novembre 2013 04.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = Pictured in 2013, looking southwest, with the statue of Johannes Gutenberg in the centre | former_names = Place Saint-Martin | namesake = Johannes Gutenberg | maint = | location = Strasbourg, Alsace, France | postal_code = | north = | east = | south = | west = | completion_date = | designer = | website = | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{coord|48.581333|7.748415}} | mapframe-zoom = 15 }}
The '''Place Gutenberg''' is a small public square in Strasbourg, France. It is named for German inventor Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400–1468), who lived in Strasbourg in the 1430s and 1440s. A bronze statue of Gutenberg, the work of sculptor David d'Angers, has stood in the centre of the square since 1840.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blades |first=William |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Numismata_typographica_or_The_medallic_h/l1W3HBAZ1lQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=history+of+place+gutenberg+strasbourg&pg=PA45&printsec=frontcover |title=Numismata typographica; or, The medallic history of printing |date=1883 |publisher="Printers' Register" Office |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref> The square was formerly named the '''Place Saint-Martin'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Place Gutenberg |url=https://int.strasbourg.eu/place/-/entity/sig/1200_ESP_13 |access-date=2026-02-09 |website=int.strasbourg.eu |language=en-US}}</ref>
The annual ''Fête des Imprimeurs'', which showcases the trades which involve bookmaking, takes places in the square.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Seth |date=2024-06-10 |title=Strasbourg for Book Lovers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/travel/strasbourg-france-books.html |access-date=2026-02-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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