Normandy, Brittany & the Best of the North: With Paris (Fodor's) by Fodor's

Author:Fodor's [Fodor's]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Non-fiction: Travel Guides
ISBN: 9780307928580
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Publisher: Fodor's
Published: 2011-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Barr

8 km (5 mi) south of Obernai.

Surrounded by vineyards that harvest some of the finest vintages of Sylvaner and Gewürztraminer wines, Barr is a thriving, semi-industrial town surrounded by vines, with some charming narrow streets lined with half-timber houses (notably Rue des Cigognes, Rue Neuve, and the tiny Rue de l’Essieu), a cheerful 17th-century Hôtel de Ville, and a decorative arts museum. Most buildings date from after a catastrophic fire in 1678; the only medieval survivor is the Romanesque tower of St-Martin, the Protestant church.

Admire original furniture, local porcelain, earthenware, and pewter at the Musée de la Folie Marco, in a mansion built by local magistrate Félix Marco in 1763. One section of the museum explains the traditional process of schlittage: sleds, bearing bundles of freshly sawed tree trunks, once slid down the forest slopes over a “corduroy road” made of logs. | 30 rue du Dr-Sultzer | 67140 | 03–88–08–94–72, 03–88–08–66–65 in winter | €4 | June–Sept., Wed.–Mon. 10–noon and 2–6; May and Oct., weekends 10–noon and 2–6.

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