Stock Photo: Luzern, August 05, 2022: The Kapellbrã¼Cke - Or The Chapel Bridge.
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The Kapellbrücke - or the 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, 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 a 1993 fire. Subsequently restored, the Kapellbrücke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, as well as the world`s oldest surviving truss bridge. It serves as the city`s symbol and as one of Switzerland`s main tourist attractions. Part of the bridge complex is the octagonal 34.5 m tall from ground Wasserturm, which translates to `water tower,` in the sense of `tower standing in the water. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the same name, situated on the shores of Lake Lucerne, German: Vierwaldstättersee and the river Reuss. Luzern, Switzerland.
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