Ancienne maison de Colmar

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Maison Pfister was built in 1537 by Louis Scherer hatter. House made of yellow sandstone and wood, five-story, stucco, has Gothic features with the part of the Italian decorative elements. It completes the five-storey tower in the dome. The second floor houses Pfister in 1577 painted graffito. On the third floor of the building is the wooden balcony. Below it is supported by wooden beams. Corner of the building is decorated with a bay window with a conical spire. The facade is decorated with frescoes attributed to Christian Vaksterfferu / Christian Vacksterffer, they depict the German emperors of the XVI century (medallions painted bas-reliefs), the arms (Empire, Colmar, Upper Alsace), the four Evangelists, the fathers of the Western Church, the stage of life and allegorical figures, such. Vera ((Glaube) and justice (Gerechtigkeit).In the tower of the house is a spiral staircase Pfister house name comes from the surname of the family that lived there in 1841-1892 gg modern look.