The Route Romane d'Alsace (Romanesque Road of Alsace) is a tourist itinerary designed by the Association Voix et Route Romane to link both the well-known and the more secret examples of

Romanesque architecture Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries. The style eventually developed into the Gothic style with the shape of the arches providing a simple distinction: the Ro ...

Alsace Alsace (, ; ) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in the Grand Est administrative region of northeastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine, next to Germany and Switzerland. In January 2021, it had a population of 1,9 ...

, in an itinerary of 19 stages, linking churches,

abbey An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christians, Christian monks and nun ...

s and

fortresses A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from La ...

, that range from the first Romanesque structures of Alsace at the abbey church of Saint Trophime, Eschau, into the 13th century, and the beginning of

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High Middle Ages, High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved f ...

in Alsace. From north to south, the ''Route Romane d'Alsace'' traverses the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) de ...

and the

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...

, passing through: *

Wissembourg Wissembourg (; South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Wissembourg was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015. The name ''Wissembourg'' ...

: Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, Gothic church with remains of a previous Romanesque building ( Wissembourg Abbey) * Altenstadt: Church of Saint Ulrich, 12th century. * Surbourg: Church of Saint Arbogast, 11th century. *

Neuwiller-lès-Saverne Neuwiller-lès-Saverne (, literally ''Neuwiller near Saverne''; ; ) is a commune located in the historic and cultural region of Alsace and the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park in northeastern France. Neuwiller-lès-Saverne is within the B ...

: Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, 8th to 19th-century (visible Romanesque parts from 11th-13th centuries); Église Saint-Adelphe, 1190–1225 *

Saint-Jean-Saverne Saint-Jean-Saverne (; ; Alsatian: ''Sànt Johànn'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, ...

: Church of Saint Jean Baptiste, 10th century. * Marmoutier: Church of Saint Martin, the former abbey church of Marmoutier, 12th century. * Obersteigen: Chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin, 13th century. *

Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

: Vaulted

crypt A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) ''wikt:crypta#Latin, crypta'' "Burial vault (tomb), vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, Sarcophagus, sarcophagi, or Relic, religiou ...

beneath Notre-Dame de Strasbourg; Church of Saint Etienne, 12th century; St. Thomas, cloister of

Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church The Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church (''Église protestante Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune''; ) is one of the most important church buildings of the city of Strasbourg, France, from the art historical and architectural viewpoints. It got its name, ...

. * Eschau: Abbey Church of Saint Trophime * Rosheim: Church of Saint Pierre et Saint Paul, 12th century. * Andlau: Church of Saint Pierre et Saint Paul, the former church of Andlau Abbey, 10th to 12th centuries. * Epfig: Romanesque Chapel of Sainte Marguerite, 11th century. * Sélestat: Church of Sainte Foy, 12th century. * Sigolsheim: Church of Saint Pierre et Saint Paul, 12th century. * Kaysersberg: Holy Cross Church. * Gueberschwihr: Church of Saint Pantaléon, 12th century. * Rouffach: Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach * Lautenbach: Collégiale de Lautenbach * Murbach: Church of Saint Léger. *

Guebwiller Guebwiller (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ''Gàwiller'' ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, département in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the de ...

: Church of Saint Léger, early 13th century. * Ottmarsheim: Church of Saint Pierre et Saint Paul, 11th century. * Feldbach: Church of Saint Jacques.

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{{Alsace topics Roads in France * *

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