Colmar’s Saint-Martin Church: High-Gothic Yellow Sandstone Vaulting and Rhineland Timber Roof Framing in Alsace Rising above the old town of Colmar in Alsace, the Saint-Martin collegiate church (collégiale) is a thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Gothic building whose warm yellow stone and brightly tiled roofs make it a landmark of the Upper […]
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Colmar Sacred Circuit 2027 in Alsace: Self-Guided Route to Saint-Martin, Saint-Matthieu & Dominican Church Without the Crowds
Colmar Sacred Circuit 2027 in Alsace: Self-Guided Route to Saint-Martin, Saint-Matthieu & Dominican Church Without the Crowds Colmar packs three of Alsace’s most important medieval churches into a loop of about 1.6 kilometers, yet most visitors drift past them on the way to Little Venice and the Christmas markets. Saint-Martin, […]
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