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===Architectural landmarks=== [[File:Maison Pfister Colmar 2011-04.jpg|thumb|upright|Maison Pfister. The house can easily be spotted in ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''.]] [[File:Martinsmünster Colmar Vordere Seitenansicht.jpg|thumb|[[St Martin's Church, Colmar]] (''{{lang|fr|Église Saint-Martin}}'')]] [[File:Vierge au Buisson colmar.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Martin Schongauer]]'s ''[[Madonna of the Rose Bower (Schongauer)|Madonna of the Rose Bower]]'' inside the Église des Dominicains]] [[File:FR Colmar 20080828 005.jpg|thumb|"Little Venice"]] [[File:Bartoldi-Museum.JPG|thumb|Musée Bartholdi]] [[File:Château d'eau, Colmar.jpg|thumb|upright|Water tower]] Colmar's secular and religious architectural landmarks reflect eight centuries of Germanic and French architecture and the adaptation of their respective stylistic language to the local customs and building materials (pink and yellow [[Vosges mountains|Vosges]] [[sandstone]], [[timber framing]]). ====Secular buildings==== *Maison Adolph – 14th century (German [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]) *[[Ancienne Douane (Colmar)|Koïfhus, also known as Ancienne Douane]] – 1480 (German Gothic) *Maison Pfister – 1537 (German [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]]). *Ancien Corps de garde – 1575 (German Renaissance) *Maison des Chevaliers de Saint-Jean – 1608 (German Renaissance) *Maison des Têtes – 1609 (German Renaissance) *Poêle des laboureurs – 1626 (German [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]]) *Ancien Hôpital – 1736–1744 (French [[Classicism]]) *Tribunal de grande instance – 1771 (French Classicism) *[[Hôtel de Ville, Colmar|Hôtel de Ville]] – 1790 (French Classicism)<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00085373}}</ref> *Colmar prison – 1791, formerly a convent built in 1316. *Cour d'Assises – 1840 (French [[Neoclassicism]]) *[[Théâtre municipal de Colmar|Théâtre municipal]] – 1849 (French Neoclassicism) *Marché couvert – 1865 (French [[Baroque Revival architecture|Neo-Baroque]]). The city's covered market, built in stone, bricks and cast iron, still serves today. *Préfecture – 1866 (French Neo-Baroque) *Water tower – 1886. Oldest still preserved [[water tower]] in Alsace. Out of use since 1984. *Gare SNCF – 1905 (German Neo-Baroque) *Cour d'appel – 1906 (German Neo-Baroque) ====Religious buildings==== * ''{{lang|fr|[[St Martin's Church, Colmar|Église Saint-Martin]]}}'' – 1234–1365. The largest church of Colmar and one of the largest in Haut-Rhin. Displays some early stained glass windows, several Gothic and Renaissance sculptures and altars, a grand Baroque organ case. The choir is surrounded by an ambulatory opening on a series of Gothic chapels, a unique feature in Alsatian churches. * ''{{lang|fr|Église des [[Dominican Order|Dominicains]]}}'' – 1289–1364. Now disaffected as a church, displays [[Martin Schongauer]]'s masterwork ''[[Madonna of the Rose Bower (Schongauer)|Madonna of the Rose Bower]]'' as well as 14th century stained glass windows and baroque choir stalls. The adjacent [[convent]] buildings house a section of the municipal library. * ''{{lang|fr|Église Saint-Matthieu}}'' – 13th century. Gothic and Renaissance stained glass windows and mural paintings, as well as a wooden and painted ceiling. * ''{{lang|fr|Couvent des [[Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony|Antonins]]}}'' – 13th century. Disaffected church and convent buildings notable for a richly ornate cloister. Now housing the Unterlinden Museum (see below). * ''{{lang|fr|Église Sainte-Catherine}}'' – 1371. Disaffected church and convent buildings now used as an assembly hall and festival venue (''{{lang|fr|Salle des [[Catherinette]]s}}''). * ''{{lang|fr|Chapelle Saint-Pierre}}'' – 1742–1750. Classicist chapel of a former [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] college. * Synagogue – 1843 (Neoclassicism) ====Fountains==== * ''{{lang|fr|Fontaine de l'Amiral Bruat}}'' – 1864 (Statue by [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi|Bartholdi]]) * ''{{lang|fr|Fontaine Roeselmann}}'' – 1888 (Statue by Bartholdi) * ''{{lang|fr|Fontaine Schwendi}}'' – 1898 (Statue by Bartholdi) ====Monuments==== * ''{{lang|fr|Monument du Général Rapp}}'' – 1856 (first shown 1855 in Paris. Statue by Bartholdi, his earliest major work) * ''{{lang|fr|Monument Hirn}}'' – 1894 (Statue by Bartholdi) * Statue ''{{lang|fr|Les grands soutiens du monde}}'' − 1902 (in the courtyard of the Bartholdi Museum) * [[Statue of Liberty]] (''Liberty Enlightening the World'') replica
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