Colmar

This is a major city on the wine road and over run with tourists the last two weeks of August. 

This is the House of Heads because there are over 100 heads sculpted on the facade. 

It's cute though. 

The town is most famous for the Isenheim Altarpiece which I show below. 

It is an elaborate folding thing. The museum has separated the panels so we can see it all. Their museum is being redone so the masterpiece is on display in what was a Dominican church. It is a perfect setting. 

It was a well done museum. 

The altarpiece was painted for people in pain from the plague to contemplate what Christ went through during his crucifixion.   Hopefully to take their minds off what they were going through. 

This is typical of the architecture of the town. 

As we drove into town we were confronted with a darn big Statue of Liberty. It turn out the sculptor Bartholdi was born here. He has a museum and workshop and is a big deal here.

At the entrance to this museum. 

This is Vercingetorix, a hero to France because he United the Gauls to attempt to throw off Roman rule during the time of Christ. 

His museum was actually the house he grew up in.