Luzern Former Water Tower, Switzerland
Posted by: Dáin & Olík
N 47° 03.076 E 008° 18.438
32T E 447387 N 5211094
Former gothic octagonal water tower in Luzern attached to Chapel bridge
Waymark Code: WM6EKV
Location: Luzern, Switzerland
Date Posted: 05/22/2009
Views: 46
This octagonal tower - over 34 meters high (111.5 ft.) - was built around 1300 as part of the city wall and was in history also used as an archive, treasury, prison and torture chamber.
It is Luzerne's landmark and the most frequently photographed monument in Switzerland.
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