Historical landmark
Maison des Têtes
Renaissance house crowned by a grinning cooper statue over a facade of carved grotesque heads.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the Maison des Têtes in Colmar follows the grinning pewter cooper who has stood on its gable since eighteen ninety nine, added by Colmar-born sculptor Auguste Bartholdi for the wine exchange that once traded there. It traces back further, to the sixteen oh nine merchant's house beneath him and the one hundred and six carved heads that still glare from its windows. You will hear why nobody agrees what the statue is made of, and what a cooper's barrels really had to survive.
This audio guide was created using AI.