Tourist attraction
Quai de la Poissonnerie Colmar
Waterside quay of pastel timber-frame houses along a canal, once ruled by a fishermen's guild.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Quai de la Poissonnerie in Colmar's Petite Venise opens with a plain question: how old is what you're actually looking at. It traces the powerful fishermen's guild that once controlled this stretch of the Lauch river, the strict rules they lived under, and the disastrous fire of seventeen oh six that tore through the district and claimed the home of a Colmar merchant named Jean Henri Frid. Best heard slowly, watching the timber facades reflected in the water below.
This audio guide was created using AI.