Strasbourg and Alsace posters: cathedral and half-timbered houses

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Strasbourg Cathedral, the most recognizable image

Strasbourg’s Notre-Dame Cathedral, with its Gothic spire and the medieval bridge leading toward it, remains the subject most associated with the city in the catalog’s posters.

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Colmar and its half-timbered houses

The half-timbered houses of Colmar, along its canals, make up another recurring scene, often associated with Alsatian gastronomy and heritage.

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Mulhouse, the industrial face of Alsace

Less touristy than Strasbourg or Colmar, Mulhouse appears in the catalog from a different angle: that of a 20th-century industrial city.

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Where to hang an Alsace poster

A cathedral scene finds its place in an entryway, where it marks the arrival. The half-timbered houses of Colmar pair well with a living room or a kitchen, in a warmer spirit. The A3 size suits most walls. To hang several Alsatian cities together, an A4 size makes it easier to align them as a series.

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La Petite France, a district apart from the cathedral

Beyond the cathedral seen from the medieval bridge, the Petite France poster frames this tanners’ district, with its canal, half-timbered houses and covered bridge, the Gothic spire remaining in the distance. The cobbled lane poster of old Strasbourg offers a tighter street scene, between 2 rows of half-timbered houses leading straight to the cathedral.

An Alsatian village, beyond Colmar

The Riquewihr poster frames a winegrowers’ village, with its cobbled street and the Dolder tower among the half-timbered houses: an alternative to the Colmar poster described above for those seeking an image of rural rather than urban Alsace.

The Alsace Wine Route, a landscape rather than a city

The Alsace wine route poster is a complete change of mood: it shows a landscape of terraced vineyards, with just a village bell tower in the distance, for those who prefer the Alsatian countryside to urban scenes.

Combining the city and the Alsatian countryside

For an Alsace wall that doesn’t repeat the same scene twice, it’s better to pair an urban poster (cathedral, Petite France or cobbled lane) with the Wine Route poster, rather than 2 city scenes side by side.

2 views of Strasbourg rather than 1

The cathedral and Petite France can also be combined as a duo, for an entryway or a hallway: the first marks the arrival, the second sets a more intimate neighborhood mood.