Tourist attraction
Mühlenplatz
Riverside square where medieval mills once ground grain and struck coins using the river current.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Muhlenplatz in Lucerne follows the square's life as a working riverside district, from mills first noted in the eleven hundreds through the mint, grinding stones and spice mills that once ran on the Reuss. It traces the eighteen eighty-seven Gewerbehaus that packed more than a hundred craftspeople and apprentices under one roof, all sharing power from the same turbines. Stand at the square's edge, above the modern powerhouse, to feel the same current still at work.
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