Maison des Têtes, Colmar
Maison des Têtes
An 1609 Renaissance mansion in Colmar, its façade carved with more than a hundred heads, and a statue of a cooper by Bartholdi crowning the gable.
Maison des Têtes was built in 1609. It is Colmar’s most representative German Renaissance building. Its façade is carved with roughly a hundred heads and grotesque faces, each with a different expression, which gave the house its name. The bronze cooper statue at the top of the gable was created by Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty and a native of Colmar. It commemorates the building’s past as a wine exchange. Today it houses a boutique hotel and a Michelin-starred restaurant. You can admire the exterior for free. It sits near the Unterlinden Museum and is one of the starting points for walking routes through the old town.
Opening hours
Exterior visible all day
Nearby sights
- Colmar Old Town & Unterlinden Museum
- Musée Bartholdi
- St. Martin's Church, Colmar
- Maison Pfister, Colmar
- Koïfhus (Ancienne Douane), Colmar
- Petite Venise, Colmar
- Eguisheim
- Turckheim