Unterlinden Museum in Colmar

You're standing at the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, the most visited museum in Alsace. Start with the old part. Back in the thirteenth century this was a convent of Dominican sisters, who lived here behind these thick walls. After the French Revolution they were driven out. For a while the convent served as army barracks, and by the middle of the nineteenth century it stood empty. There were even plans to tear it down.