Tourist attraction
Füssen Altstadt
Medieval lanes of painted facades and craft history, cradle of Europe's first lute makers' guild.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the old town of Füssen trades the castle story for a quieter one: the lute makers who crowded these lanes from the fourteen hundreds, and the guild they founded in fifteen sixty-two. It follows a boy born nearby who carried the craft over the Alps to Lyon, and the Füssen families who set up shop in Venice and Padua. Best heard on Reichenstraße, before you walk up to the Brotmarkt.
This audio guide was created using AI.