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.