Illustration - Alsace

Illustration - Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE. HAUT-RHIN (68) AERIAL VIEW OF THE WINE-GROWING VILLAGE OF RODERN IN AUTUMN, AT THE FOOT OF HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE, SURROUNDED BY COLOURFUL VINEYARDS. Photo by Vincent Schneider/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Alsace

Illustration - Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE. HAUT-RHIN (68) AERIAL VIEW OF THE VILLAGE OF RODERN. IN AUTUMN, THE VILLAGE EMERGES AT THE FOOT OF HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE, NESTLED AMONG THE GOLDEN VINEYARDS OF ITS GRANITE TERROIR, PROMISING AN EXCEPTIONAL PINOT NOIR. Photo by Vincent Schneider/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE, HAUT-RHIN (68) VILLAGE OF RODERN, GLOECKELBERG GRAND CRU VINEYARD IN AUTUMN AND HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE IN THE BACKGROUND Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE, HAUT-RHIN (68) VILLAGE OF RODERN, GLOECKELBERG GRAND CRU VINEYARD IN AUTUMN AND HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE IN THE BACKGROUND Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE, HAUT-RHIN (68) VILLAGE OF RODERN, RAINBOW ON GLOECKELBERG GRAND CRU VINEYARD IN AUTUMN AND HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE IN THE BACKGROUND Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE, HAUT-RHIN (68) VILLAGE OF RODERN, GLOECKELBERG GRAND CRU VINEYARD IN AUTUMN AND HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE IN THE BACKGROUND Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE, HAUT-RHIN (68) VILLAGE OF RODERN, GLOECKELBERG GRAND CRU VINEYARD IN AUTUMN AND HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE IN THE BACKGROUND Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE. ALSACE, HAUT-RHIN (68) VILLAGE OF RODERN, GLOECKELBERG GRAND CRU VINEYARD IN AUTUMN AND HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE IN THE BACKGROUND Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE, HAUT-RHIN (68), KUGELBERG VINEYARD IN RORSCHWIHR AND HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE, HAUT-RHIN (68), EGUISHEIM, VINEYARD GRAND CRU PFERSIGBERG AND IN THE BACKGROUND THE HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Vin Alsace

Illustration - Vin Alsace

FRANCE, HAUT-RHIN (68), KUGELBERG VINEYARD IN RORSCHWIHR AND HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE Photo by Jean Isenman/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS RHIN (67) HAUT KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE. OVERLOOKING THE PLAIN, THIS IS THE BEST-KNOWN FORTIFIED CASTLE IN ALSACE AND ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST VISITED MONUMENTS. DATING BACK TO THE 12TH CENTURY, THE BUILDING UNDERWENT MAJOR ALTERATIONS IN THE 15TH CENTURY AND WAS COMPLETELY RESTORED AT THE REQUEST OF EMPEROR WILHELM II FROM 1900 ONWARDS. IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THE HIGHEST POINT ON WHICH THE CASTLE STANDS WAS USED TO KEEP WATCH OVER ALL THE WINE, WHEAT AND SALT ROUTES CROSSING ALSACE. A 270 M LONG FORTRESS PERCHED ALMOST 800 M HIGH, IT IS NEITHER A MIRAGE NOR A ?GRANDE ILLUSION?, TO REFER TO THE FILM SHOT BY JEAN RENOIR IN 1937, BUT A MONUMENT THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. ON THE RIGHT, THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM