Luzern

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Luzern, gateway to the Alps!

Little is known about this amazing town before 1178, other than the Alemannic movement after the fall of the Roman Empire. Which I find incredible but considering the inhabitants were Benedictine Monks, maybe not so hard to believe.
GORGEOUS, very Swiss (probably a good reason for that 😊, relaxing, bustling, a delight for the eyes & soul.
The style of EVERYTHING is more than impressive & wheels of cheese SO HUGE in shop windows, it's laughable :D I'm talking a good 3' in diameter :O!!! Yes, the cheese is also Swiss ;D & it has the honor of it's own festival !
One medieval square after another surrounded by the frequently hazy & slightly snowy Mt. Pilatus & Rigi.

William Tell, the counts of Habsburg, art, architecture, finance, festivals, carnivals throughout the year, Kulturkompromiss, indeed something for everyone! Guggenmusigen play their instruments while strolling the busy streets & the population is smiling 😊

5 stars, magnificent!
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Photos

Kapellbrücke-Chapel Bridge, 14th century
On the River Reuss, this is the oldest road bridge in Europe.

Schwanenplatz- Swans Square
Where the traffic meets the pedestrian zone w/Tower in background.

Hofkirche- St. Leodegar Cathedral
Abbey Court Church- the most important Renaissance church in all of Switzerland. These Gothic spires date from 1504-1625. Part of the original monastery.

View of Pilatus....
from our hotel

View of Lake Lucerne-Vierwaldstättersee
& the banking district, also from the hotel vantage point.

Tram lines, ancient structures....
existing in harmony

Center-Fritschi Fountain (1918)
Kapellplatz

Jesuitenkirche on the River Reuss
Jesuit Church-This was the first large Swiss church in Baroque style; 1666-1677

Wasserturm
Once a lighthouse, a prison, a treasury and presently serving as a meeting house

Kapellbrücke, Wasserturm & Jesuitenkirche
Mt. Rigi in background

The restaurant on the left....
is a WONDERFUL place to dine!

Frescoed houses & ancient guildhalls
decorate this city everywhere you walk

Kornmarkt/Rathaus 1300
grain market & town hall

Leaving town.....
Looking out my window :)