Historical landmark
Zytturm
Medieval clock tower on a fortified wall, its oversized dial built to be read from the lake below.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Zytturm on Lucerne's Musegg wall follows the money behind a stolen minute, the medieval privilege that let the city's own clock strike before every other bell in town. It traces why builders around fourteen hundred three gave the tower an oversized dial, bright enough for fishermen on Lake Lucerne to read without rowing ashore. You'll also meet the clockwork installed in fifteen thirty-five, still hand-wound by volunteers today. Best heard looking up at the dial from the wall path below.
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