Second episode of our trip in August 2022, between Switzerland, France and Germany. Today we are dealing with Colmar, the beautiful town in north-eastern France that is considered the center of Alsace, with its colorful half-timbered, medieval and Renaissance houses, and balconies covered with geraniums. The city is crossed by the Lauch River and its navigable canals, which in the past were used by fruit and vegetable producers to bring their products to the market. Crossing the bridge over the Lauch you enter the Krutenau district, also known as the Petite Venise due to the canals. At this point we begin to take a look at the images, also with the contribution of our travel companions:
here too there are padlocks on the bridges ...
Rue des Tanneurs (of the tanners), a characteristic activity of the city in past centuries:
the Collegiate Church of San Martino, a Gothic building begun to build in 1237:
around the city: two typical signs
the smallest house, squeezed between two others:
the Maison des Tetes (House of the Heads), built in 1609 and featuring 106 grotesque heads on the facade:
This town is very beautiful and characteristic, isn't it? For us, there is the added advantage of being easy to use, both with the hand-pushed chair and with the motorized one; the cobblestones with which the streets of the pedestrianized center are paved are obviously better tackled with motorized vehicles, but overall we moved very well. See you next episode of our trip!