Lucerne was the center of a peasants' revolt in 1653 against the aristocratic regime in the towns, the members of whom had grown rich from mercenary service in foreign armies.
Lucerne was briefly capital of the Napoleonic Helvetian Republic from 1798-1803.
The Culture and Convention Center Lucerne beside the lake in the center of the city was designed by Jean Nouvel.
} Lucerne (German: Luzern) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31 2003), capital of the Canton of Lucerne.
The city is located on the shore of Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee) with a famous wooden bridge and within sight of Mount Pilatus and the Rigi.
The city grew from a small fishing village of ancient origins on the shores of Lake Lucerne with the founding of the Benedictine Monastery of St Leodegar in around 700 AD.
Lucerne is the name of a city in Switzerland (Lucerne, in German Luzern), the surrounding canton (Lucerne (canton)[?]), and adjoining lake (Lake Lucerne, in German: Vierwaldstätter See).
Lucerne is also the name of a dairy company under the Safeway Limited[?] banner, that supplies milk, ice cream, and other dairy products.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
The highest elevation of the canton of Lucerne is at the ''Brienzer Rothorn'' at 2,350m.
The canton of Lucerne comprises territories acquired by its capital Lucerne.
The canton of Lucerne is a gateway to holiday resorts in the nearby Alps, and much of the transit traffic between Germany and Italy crosses the region.
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The city grew from a small fishing village of ancient origins on the shores of Lake Lucerne with the founding of the Benedictine monastery of in around 700 AD.
The opening of the route in the 13th century made Lucerne into an important trading town for the transshipment of goods over the Alps.
Constructed in 1408, it is the oldest covered bridge in Europe and features a series of medieval-style 17th Century plague paintings by Kaspar Meglinger titled Dance of Death.
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Lucerne (German: Luzern) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31 2003), capital of the canton of Lucerne.
Gotthard Pass route in the 13th century made Lucerne into an important trading town.
Lucerne has hosted the Festival Rose d'Or in the spring since 2004.
Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (31 December 2003), capital of the canton of Lucerne.
The Swiss Transport Museum is an impressively large and comprehensive museum exhibiting all forms of
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The city is located on the borders of Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee) with a famous wooden bridge and withinsight of Mount Pilatus and the Rigi.
There is apparently no record of the city's founding, but it is mentioned in 840 named"Luciaria", the name originating from a monastery of St Leodegar founded around 730.
The Culture and Convention Center Lucerne besides the lake in the center of the city wasbuilt by Jean Nouvel.
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Wasserturm - the town's landmarkAlternate uses: See Lucerne (disambiguation).
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It lies approximately at co-ordinates 47° 0′ N, 8° 28′ E. The lake is a complicated shape, with bends and arms reaching from the city of Lucerne into the mountains.
It borders on the three original Swiss cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden (which today is divided into the Cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden), as well as the canton of Lucerne, thus the name.
The level of the lake is maintained by a pioneering needle dam in the Reuss River in Lucerne, just upstream from the SpreuerbrГјcke.
