Weinmarktbrunnen

About this audio guide

This guide to the Weinmarktbrunnen in Lucerne opens with a gap in the record: the square's fountain is documented decades before the Gothic tower now standing here was built. It follows Basel stonemason Konrad Lux, hired in the fourteen eighties to raise a fountain crowned by Saint Mauritius and ringed with armored figures from Lucerne's old citizen musters. You'll hear how his payment reshaped his status in the city, and how this square later hosted Lucerne's Easter plays. Look closely at the figures' swords, replaced more than once over the centuries.