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Basel
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Lausanne
Lucerne
· Hotels
· History
· Downtown Tour
· Chapel Bridge
· Spreuer Bridge
· Musegg Wall
· Lion Monument
· Jesuit Church
· Hof Church
· Franciscan Church
· Paulus Church
· Bourbaki Panorama
· Wooden Houses

· Pius Church

St. Gallen
Winterthur
Zurich

Alpine Resorts
Bernese Oberland
Zermatt/Matterhorn

Swiss Tour
Chillon Castle
Rhine Falls

Musegg Wall & Towers

Medieval City Ramparts in Lucerne, Switzerland

Lucerne's city ramparts are among the few remains in Swiss towns that have not fallen prey to the 19th century zeal to open up the narrowness and build new, large cities.

Musegg Wall As Seen From Outside


Schirmerturm	Zeitturm	Wachtturm	Luegislandturm

Seen From Within The Old City


Nölliturm	Männliturm	Luegislandturm	Wachtturm

Allenwindenturm & Schirmerturm

Allenwindenturm (named after the hill in his back)	Schirmerturm
Schirmerturm: guard	Schirmerturm: coat-of-arms

Zeitturm [Clock Tower]

Zytturm (Clock Tower)	Zeitturm (Clock Tower)
This bell still has the privilege to announce the full hour one minute earlier than all other clocks in town	The old clockwork is driven by stone weights and synchronized by a stone pendulum
	The old clockwork still does quite a precise job.

Männliturm


Männliturm got his name from the little metal man on his top.

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