With a population of nearly 70,000, Colmar is the third largest city in Alsace. It is home not only to picturesque taverns and timber-framed structures, but also to one of the greatest treasures of the late middle ages. The Isenheim Altarpiece – which Matthias Grünewald painted exactly 500 years ago for a monastery of the Order of St. Anthony located just south of Colmar – has been on view since 1853 at the Unterlinden Museum.
The refurbishment of and addition to the museum was completed in time for the jubilee. Herzog & de Meuron and their French partner architects DeA and Richard Duplat have carefully brought the Dominican convent up to contemporary standards – and, in the process, revealed layers of earlier periods.
The refurbishment of and addition to the museum was completed in time for the jubilee. Herzog & de Meuron and their French partner architects DeA and Richard Duplat have carefully brought the Dominican convent up to contemporary standards – and, in the process, revealed layers of earlier periods.