Church
Franziskanerkirche
Gothic Franciscan church from the twelve sixties, nave lined with painted copies of war trophies.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Franziskanerkirche in Lucerne follows the nine banners Lucerne's soldiers captured from the Habsburg army at the Battle of Sempach in thirteen eighty-six, and hung on these walls as war trophies. It traces what happened to that cloth across five centuries of friars, painters, and city pride, from a nervous repair job in fourteen ninety through two later rounds of repainting. Look for the painted banners in careful rows just below the nave windows.
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