Colmar: A city to consume without moderation! For Georges Duhamel (who wrote it in 1931), Colmar was the “most beautiful city in the world" Without going into overkill with superlatives, Colmar undoubtedly remains a completely exceptional city due to the richness and variety of its historical and architectural heritage. It is located near Germany and Switzerland, between the Vosges and the Rhine, Strasbourg and Mulhouse. The city offers visitors a striking overview of more than a thousand years of European history. Furthermore, Colmar retains, with its 67,000 inhabitants, an endearing side of a “country town” which gives it all its charm. Despite the vagaries of a turbulent history, the city has managed to preserve an exceptional homogeneity of its historic center which, classified as a “protected area”, has benefited from restoration and permanent enhancement. The vast pedestrian zone of the old town allows visitors to admire the countless riches of a heritage as rich as it is varied, ranging from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Whether it is the Maison des Têtes (erected at the beginning of the 17th century) which owes its name to the 111 heads which adorn its facade, or the Maison Pfister, a beautiful bourgeois residence from the Renaissance period but of medieval design, each of its monuments is unique in his genre. The religious art of Colmar is also very rich: the Dominican Church which houses the famous “Virgin of the Rose Bush” by the Alsatian painter and engraver Martin Schongauer, as well as the Saint Martin Collegiate Church are wonderful examples of pure and sober Gothic art, very simple. Strolling through the streets, the visitor, amazed, discovers the many beautiful signs, the roofs in shimmering colors... Strolling along the Quai de la Poissonnerie, once the nerve center of fishing and the sale of fish, one can falls under the spell of this picturesque district, now called “La Petite Venise”.