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  2. Kapellbrücke - Wikipedia

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    The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland.Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, [1] the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in ...

  3. Spreuer Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Spreuer Bridge (German: Spreuerbrücke, formerly also Mühlenbrücke) is one of two extant covered wooden footbridges in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. Besides the other preserved bridge, the Kapellbrücke , a third bridge of this type – the Hofbrücke – existed in Lucerne, but was demolished in the 19th century.

  4. Lucerne - Wikipedia

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    One of the city's landmarks is the Chapel Bridge (German: Kapellbrücke), a wooden bridge first erected in the 14th century. The official language of Lucerne is German, [note 2] but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Lucerne German.

  5. Lion Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Lion Monument (German: Löwendenkmal), or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were killed in 1792 during the French Revolution , when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris .

  6. File:Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge), Lucerne, Switzerland.jpg

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  7. List of bridges in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The longest viaduct in Switzerland is the Yverdon Viaduct [], built in 1984 on the A5 motorway with a total length of 3,155 metres (10,351 ft). [S 30] [12] The Letzigraben Bridge [], near Zürich Hauptbahnhof, is the longest railway viaduct in the country measuring 1,156 metres (3,793 ft).

  8. Calling all daredevils: Switzerland opens the longest ... - AOL

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    This attraction is *not* for the faint of heart.

  9. Reuss (river) - Wikipedia

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    The Reuss leaves Lake Lucerne some 30 km to the north-west, at the city of Lucerne. Notable bridges in Lucerne are the Kapellbrücke, first built 1333, rebuilt 1993 and Spreuerbrücke, built 1408. A needle dam just upstream from the Spreuerbrücke) maintains the water level. It receives the Kleine Emme from Entlebuch at Emmen (432 m).