Tuesday 9.11.07 – One Day Round Trip to Luzern

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Above, left and middle,  sights from the train window,    -    Above right,  Happy vacationers

 Below - the Chapel Bridge and water tower in Luzern (Lucerne), Switzerland

           

It was mostly cloudy today, so our photos aren't very bright, but we had a great time.

     

Above -  Chapel Bridge with its gabled paintings of old wars

Below -  buildings in the pedestrian zone of Old Luzern

     

Below -  historical, frescoed buildings in the old city on the right bank of the Reuss

           

Below -  Hof Church, the main cathedral, is the most important Renaissance church in Switzerland

           

Below - "The dying Lion of Lucerne" is one of the world's most famous monuments

     

Below - More buildings in the old city of Luzern

           

Below, the Spreuer Bridge. Between 1626 and 1635, Kaspar Meglinger added 67 paintings.

           

Below - The Jesuit Church constructed in 1666 by Father Christoph Vogler for the Jesuits.

     

We climbed the Musegg Wall,  part of the rampart walls built in 1386

Three towers are open to the public: Schirmer, Zyt and Männli.