Small towns and villages dot the bucolic setting of the rural countryside along two-lane roads on relatively flat land between Strasbourg and Colmar — which is the birthplace of Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, who is the sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty — in the Alsace region of northeastern France near the German border…
Sunday Morning Photograph December 11 2022: Countryside in the Alsace Region of France.
…and one common element which is featured in all of the photographs that are included in this article is that situated in the distance on one of the taller peaks in the Vosges mountain range is the Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, which I visited — but I have not yet written about my experience there.
Final Boarding Call
Although exactly when the Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg was built and completed is unknown, references to it have purportedly been cited as early as the year 1147 — and greater than 875 years after its construction, a few more years since I visited is like the proverbial drop in the bucket and should not matter all that much when I finally write an article which pertains to my experience there.
Please click here for a complete list of the Sunday Morning Photograph series of articles at The Gate, which include photographs taken of nature and sights of interest in many countries and territories around the world — including but not limited to:
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Czechia or Czech Republic
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- England in Great Britain in the United Kingdom
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Kenya
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- Oman
- Panama
- Poland
- Romania
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Swaziland or Eswatini
- Sweden
- Thailand
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Uruguay
All photographs ©2006 by Brian Cohen.
