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Water tower Lucerne

Water tower Lucerne

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Water tower Lucerne

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Location: Lucerne, Switzerland

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Roger

April 15, 2019

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Near the left bank is the octagonal water tower, which was built around 1300, before the Chapel Bridge, and can be reached from it via a short cross-passage. The tower was used alternately as a watchtower and cornerstone of the fortifications, as a city archive and treasury and as a dungeon and torture chamber. Today it houses a souvenir shop as well as the clubhouse of the artillery association Lucerne.

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Jens Helmecke

August 6, 2019

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Near the shore is the octagonal water tower, which was built around 1300, before the Chapel Bridge. The tower already served as a watchtower, cornerstones of city fortifications, city archives, dungeons and torture chambers. Today it houses a souvenir shop as well as the clubhouse of the artillery association Lucerne.

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Udo unter freiem Himmel

October 17, 2021

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So much has been written and said about him that I want to hold back here. Only one. No visit to Lucerne without a visit to the water tower and the associated Kappelbrücke. If you missed that, you could have stayed at home right away.

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Elevation 430 m

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Friday 13 March

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