Neuf-Brisach was built during the final years of Louis XIV reign (around 1700). The construction marks the end of an ambitious work program: the fortification…
Colmar gate, 1701. It looks like a arch of triomph and symbolizes the power of the King.
Colmar gate: tunnel to the city.
Colmar gate.
Colmar gate.
Since all soldiers had to attend the Catholic mass churches had to be built; Saint Louis church was built in 1731, destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt thereafter as a…