Chapel Bridge, Luzern
May 21st, 2008 - 9:31pm - No Comments »
Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge), one of the two covered bridges in Luzern, Switzerland. Behind is the large Wasserturm (Water Tower).
This is a ten-image stitch. I must have taken dozens of photos of this bridge and a similar (but older one, which is “behind” you from where this was taken) bridge but you can hardly blame me when it’s such a picturesque view. In fact, it’s supposely the most photographed monument in the country, which is hard to believe given some of the other things around Luzern, let alone Switzerland.
What I like about this bridge is that even though the style old the style of construction (see the concrete pillars) is new. This is because of a fire which destroyed quite a bit of the bridge. All the builders cared about was making it feel like the old bridge; they don’t care if it’s exactly the same — it’s the feel that’s important.
Luzern has such a nice feel about it too; it feels like the air is clean (the water most certainly is), the place feels small even though it’s large enough to be considered a city and there is a definite country feel about the place even though it’s definitely quite urban.
And that doesn’t even take into consideration the huge lake and massive mountains surrounding the place.
