Lucerne Waterfront - Lucerne, Switzerland

Lake boats, cars and people on foot move along the waterfront in Lucerne (Luzern), in central Switzerland, and this camera looks across the water toward the towers and old houses of the city with the mountains beyond.

The city grew up where Lake Lucerne flows into the River Reuss. Its famous Chapel Bridge, a covered wooden bridge first built in 1333, is said to be the oldest of its kind in Europe, with the octagonal Water Tower beside it.

Lucerne joined the Swiss Confederacy in 1332, and in the 1800s it became a favorite of artists and royalty. Queen Victoria visited in 1868, and Mount Pilatus and the Rigi rise above the lake.

Did You Know? A fire in 1993 destroyed much of the Chapel Bridge and many of its old painted panels, but it was rebuilt and reopened in 1994.

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