#colombages

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Éguisheim's super-slim houses

Just a few kilometres to the South-West of Colmar is the village of Éguisheim, with a preserved Medieval centre, featuring gorgeous timber-framed houses. Some of these are the daintiest, slimmest houses you can find!

It begs the questions "why?" and "how did people live in them?" Well, in some places with similar thin houses, taxes have been the reason, as residences were taxed based on how far they extended on the street, with few restrictions on height and depth. Heck, here's an example in Colmar that doesn't have any footprint on the street: the Muckekaschtele, or "fly box house". It has a surface of 25 m², but it wasn't originally used as a home - it was a watchtower to make sure people were paying customs when bringing goods to market.

I'm not sure if that's what's at play in Éguisheim, it just looks like they're making the most of the space available between streets. In any case, they're charming and eanred Éguisheim the title of "France's Favourite Village", a poll organised by public TV channel France 2, in 2013. Éguisheim's more historic claim to fame is having been the birth place of Pope Leo IX (reigned 1049-1054).

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[guilbertjj]

                         Les vieilles maisons rue Saint-François à Quimper

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Maisons à colombages en Colmar dans l'Alsace, France.

[ronswansonquotes]

Wallpaper - Transitional Bedroom

A large transitional master bedroom design with a light wood floor, a brown floor, and wallpaper and beige walls is an example.

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by Michele*mp on Flickr.Streets of Eguisheim - Alsace, France.

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by Michele*mp on Flickr.Streets of Eguisheim - Alsace, France.

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by Michele*mp on Flickr.Streets of Eguisheim - Alsace, France.

[christophecharnay]

Troyes - la tour de l'orfèvre

[lynx-013]

Blue Hour in Colmar por Yann OG Por Flickr: Alsace, France

[philoursmars]

Quatrième et ultime étape de mon périple dans l'Ouest pour retrouver des ami(e)s lointain(e)s il y a un bon mois déjà : ma sœur Dominique et son mari, à Alençon, aux confins de la Normandie et des Pays de Loire.

Bagnoles-de-l'Orne et des villas fin de siècle.

[aigle-suisse]

France - Alsace - Eguishem par Alain CUQ

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[guilbertjj]

En se promenant dans le quartier historique, on peut admirer de jolies maisons à colombages

[2t2r]

Solvang, un village danois en Californie

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/solvang-un-village-danois-en-californie/

Solvang, un village danois en Californie

[grokwrites]

Lovely streets of Eguisheim in Alsace, France