Colmar - Champ de Mars

On the west side of Colmar old town, extending along the busy Avenue de la République, is the Champ de Mars, a long tree-planted open space which until 1804 was a military parade ground and then became a municipal park. On its west side is the Head Post Office, to the south is the Préfecture (1869), and 500m/550yd southwest is the railroad station (1905). To the north of the Champ de Mars, in the Place du 18 Novembre, is the Municipal Theater (1849).