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Lauterbourg · 67
Maison Adam, an 18th-century building given to the city in 1913, now hosts the MJC offering diverse activities like English classes, yoga, weight training, plus a nautical base with water sports and sailing courses.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This bourgeois house in Mulhouse, rebuilt around 1560, was owned by the Mieg family from 1694 to 1840. In 1799, Mathieu Mieg painted Swiss scenes on the facade to protest Mulhouse's annexation by France.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This trompe-l'œil by Christian Geiger shows characters balanced on narrow ledges: a man with an umbrella, a woman sitting with feet dangling, and another at a window watching Avenue du Président Kennedy.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
This house, remodeled in the early 20th century, features a Renaissance door from 1616 and a 1579 well adorned with a German inscription, reflecting local history. It is located near the former course of the Ohmbach, now covered.
Discover this placeStrasbourg · 67
This 18th-century townhouse, built by the Gayot brothers, combines Régence style with frescoes by Joseph Melling. Residence of the military governor, it also hosted the Minister of Defense during visits to Strasbourg.
Discover this placeMittelbergheim · 67
This 17th-century public building, topped with a bell tower and a bell from 1685, combines judicial and commercial functions. Its monumental staircase and large Renaissance hall make it a place rich in history.
Discover this placeMittelwihr · 68
Mittelwihr, an Alsatian wine village perched at 220 m altitude, blends history and renowned vineyards. Destroyed in 1944, it rebounded to become a major wine site, famous for its Grand Cru Mandelberg and Mediterranean-like microclimate.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
Maxime Descombin, a discreet yet innovative sculptor, left his mark with serial sculptures, drawings, tapestries, and innovative stained glass. His work, both public and little known, explores geometric forms in tension.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
Built in 1912 on the site of a former slaughterhouse, this girls' high school of stone and brick, featuring a clock turret, is not open to the public.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This Mulhouse villa, built in 1901 by architect Edmond Guyot, stands out for its unique neo-Moorish style in the city.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
Designed from 1827 by architects Stotz and Fries, Mulhouse's Nouveau Quartier fans out around Place de la République, blending imperial elegance and Italianate neoclassicism with its arcades and aligned balconies, reflecting the local industrial boom.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This building, erected in 1904 under German administration, was converted into housing starting in 1999.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
At the end of a dead-end street stands a Gothic house adorned with a butcher's coat of arms, housing a courtyard community and a beguine confraternity—devout women dedicated to educating young girls and caring for the sick.
Discover this placeGeispolsheim · 67
Geispolsheim, a preserved Alsatian village, charms with its streets lined by 18th and 19th-century half-timbered farms. Its wooden gallery houses and decorated beams, including one from the 15th century, make it a place rich in history to explore.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
The Old Grain Hall, built in the 16th century, once hosted grain trade and a boys' school from 1819 to 1960. Its upper floor now houses the Baillage Museum of Rouffach.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This hotel from 1838, owned by Daniel Roth, was the largest in the city before closing in 1859. Once a hub for industrialists and Parisian couriers, it is now being repurposed.
Discover this placeLampertheim · 67
Lampertheim features beautiful half-timbered houses from the 17th to 19th centuries, including the Schweitzer farm (1683) and a 1896 town hall decorated with a 1911 painting by Léon Schnug. The Catholic and Protestant churches are also worth visiting.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
Built in 1544, this building served as a slaughterhouse until after World War II. Its gable features windows with ogee-shaped carvings and faces a war memorial.
Discover this placeBischwiller · 67
This 17th-century historic monument, recognizable by its half-timbering and oriel window, was built in 1681 for Duvernois, the first pharmacist at the court of Count Palatine Christian II.
Discover this placeRouffach · 68
The local hospital, renamed Maison Saint-Jacques in 2000, continues the legacy of an old hospital first mentioned in 1304. Its current buildings combine an early 20th-century structure with a retirement home added in 1984.
Discover this placeSchiltigheim · 67
Schiltigheim preserves 17th and 18th-century half-timbered houses, including the Auberge du Cheval Blanc and the villa Wenger-Valentin, a former bankers' residence built in 1882 in a historic park.
Discover this placeSouffelweyersheim · 67
Souffelweyersheim boasts a rich heritage of half-timbered houses rebuilt after 1815, like the Lorentz Farm with its chapel adorned with stained glass. Saint George Church, rebuilt in 1820, and the 1890 Joséphine Villa complete this varied architectural landscape.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
This historic building in Mulhouse, built in 1564, features murals with tailor's scissors, symbols of the powerful tailors' guild that dominated the city before 1798.
Discover this placeMulhouse · 68
The 16th-century House of the Winemakers' Guild features a facade decorated with murals and a door topped with three pruning hooks, symbols of viticultural work. Once vital to Mulhouse, vineyards dominated the city until the 13th century.
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