List of the partner sites to visit in Alsace : France
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Troglodyte Houses
Graufthal
According to the archaeologist Robert Forrer and the painter and writer Charles Spindler, the houses in Les Rochers date back to the Middle Ages. At that time, the houses were used as granaries by the Benedictine abbey, which was established in the h ...
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Mémorial Alsace-Moselle
Schirmeck
The building of an historical interpretation centre telling the story of the people of Alsace and Moselle was the resultat of an initiative of Jean Pierre Masseret, then Secretary of State of Former Soldiers and War Victims, and supported by regional ...
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Former concentration camp Natzweiler Struthof
Natzwiller
In the heart of the Vosges, are preserved the vestiges of the only concentration camp situated in France. 52,000 prisoners were forced to work in the quarry near the camp. 22,000 people died here. The visitor can discover 4 houses: the prison, the cr ...
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Monkey Mountain
Kintzheim
La Montagne des Singes is also a research centre. Ever since 1972 scientists have been conducting studies in the park, focusing on the social behaviour of Barbary macaques.
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Alsatian Museum in Haguenau
Haguenau
The building, which was partially remodelled in the 19th century, was built around 1486 and served as the chancellery of the former Free City of Haguenau until 1790. The building was originally built with gables. The six medieval brackets on the balc ...
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Strasbourg Alsatian Museum - Musée alsacien de Strasbourg
Strasbourg
The Alsatian Museum was founded in 1907. Located in 3 former houses in Strasbourg, linked by a maze of stairways and connecting passages, the museum displays over 5,000 artefacts witnessing the daily life of Alsatians in the 18th and 19th centuries.