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Luzern Tourismus AG
Tourist Board
Zentralstrasse 5
CH-6003 Luzern
Phone +41 (0)41 227 17 17
Fax +41 (0)41 227 17 20
luzern@luzern.com

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Water Tower

Lucerne

This octagonal tower - over 34 meters high (111.5 ft.) - was built around 1300 as part of the city wall and used as an archive, treasury, prison and torture chamber.

It is Lucerne's landmark and the most frequently photographed monument in Switzerland.

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Luzern Tourismus AG
Zentralstrasse 5
6002 Luzern
Tel. +41 (0) 41 227 17 17
Fax +41 (0) 41 227 17 20
luzern@luzern.com
www.luzern.com

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