Lake Thun
Turquoise Alpine lake ringed by mountains, castles and a legendary dragon-slayer's cave.
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This guide to Lake Thun, near Interlaken, turns on fifteen twenty-eight, when the council of Bern set its sights on a cave in the cliffs of the north shore. It reaches back to the hermit Beatus and the dragon legend that grew around him, and to the pilgrims who came seeking healing at his grave. Best heard with a view of the north shore below Beatenberg.
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