Lucerne Night Beauty II - Painting

Taken March 2/09 on a drizzly day of the Chapel Bridge, Water Tower, and the Baroque Jesuit Church.... more

by Al Bourassa

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Lucerne Night Beauty II - Painting

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Al Bourassa

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Photograph - Photographic Artworks

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Taken March 2/09 on a drizzly day of the Chapel Bridge, Water Tower, and the Baroque Jesuit Church.
Lucerne/Luzern is the most populous city in Central Switzerland and a focal point of the region which consists of 17 municipalities in three cantons with an overall population of nearly 200,000. Due to its location on the shore of Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee), within sight of Mount Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps. Most of the population speaks German. As the confederacy broke up during Reformation after 1520, most cities became Protestant but Lucerne remained Catholic.
On June 17, 2007, voters of Lucerne and the adjacent municipality of Littau agreed to a merger in a simultaneously held referendum, became effective on January 1, 2010. The combined municipality now has a population of around 76,000, making it the seventh largest city in Switzerland, keeping the name and coat of arms of the city of Lucerne. It has also been voted as the 5th most popular tourism destination in the world in 2010 by TripAdvisor and has private hotel schools.
Since the city straddles the Reuss River where it drains the lake, it has a number of bridges. The most famous is the Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), a 204 m (669 ft) long wooden bridge originally built in 1333, although much of it had to be replaced after a fire on August 18, 1993, allegedly caused by a discarded cigarette. Part way across, the bridge runs by the octagonal Water Tower (Wasserturm), a fortification from the 13th century. Inside the bridge are a series of paintings from the 17th century depicting events from Luzern’s history. The Bridge with its Tower is the city’s most famous landmark.
Old Town Lucerne is located just north of the Reuss River, and still has several fine half-timber structures with painted fronts. Remnants of the old town walls exist on the hill above Lucerne, complete with eight tall watch towers. An additional gated tower sits at the base of the hill on the banks of the Reuss River.
Bertel Thorvaldsen’s famous carving of a dying lion (the Lion Monument, or Löwendenkmal) is found in a small park just off Lowenplatz. The carving commemorates the bravery of hundreds of Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when the mob stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken March 2, 2009 during a tour of Western Europe.
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