Colmar - Old Town

In the old town of Colmar, with its narrow and winding streets, are many burghers' houses of the 16th and 17th centuries. To the south of the Unterlinden Museum, at 19 rue des Têtes, is the Maison des Têtes ("House of the Heads"), a handsome Renaissance building (1609) decorated with numerous heads and figures; it is now occupied by a well-known restaurant. Farther south, in Rue des Boulangers and Rue des Serruriers (Bakers' Street and Locksmiths' Street), are other picturesque old half- timbered houses.