Monument
Maison aux raisins
Art Nouveau villa carved with grapevines, its wrought-iron gate shaped like a crouching frog.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the Maison aux Raisins in Colmar centers on Gustave Boeschlin, an industrialist who covered his south-quarter villa in carved grapevines despite owning no vineyard. Built in nineteen oh four by a Parisian architect and a Colmar builder, the house sits far from the city's famous canals, and the story turns on status, ornament and the region's grape-soaked identity. You'll hear what the wrought-iron gate's tangled ironwork might really represent. Stand at the gate and look up at the carved pediment before you start listening.
This audio guide was created using AI.