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Lucerne

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June 9th 2008
I repeat: Lucerne is nowhere near as “quaint” as the guidebooks would have you believe. Once you get past that, which took us a while, it’s a fine city. We set out to see the “old city” of Lucerne, which is supposedly the finest instance of modern mixing with new. In reality, it’s far more new than old, but you can still find traces of the old with the city walls and random narrow all ... read more

Europe » Switzerland » North-West » Lucerne

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The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Switzerland... ... read more