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Show LUCERNE: THE HOTESS f OF SWITZERLAND ' ummiic, scene of Imiwrtunt confer-tDCCs confer-tDCCs umo"B nlllcd statesmen, Is n precious Jewel among Swiss cities wltli tlio hike of Uio sntne nnmo for Hitsfettins n Inko whero varied beauty Hun) historic association ore blended. H On tlmt bike's shores William Tell In reputed to Iiitve exhibited Ids murks- sMmaDshlp to the dlscomllturo of Gcssler, """iMind on Its waters tradition holds be 5$"Bwoa his rcvengo by seizing the rudder Hot the vessel on which that tyrant held Hblm prisoner uiiil guided lUo tbo rock irbcre he nlmed, not at an apple, but rHit bis oppressor's heart. I Less picturesque, but more slfrnlfl not, was tho formulation of thu per-Bpetual per-Bpetual league- That famous Instru-Hoent Instru-Hoent not only was tho antecedent of flthe Swiss confederation, but marked Ha mile post l humanity's political freedom. H Moved by tourists and crowded lrHwIth thctn In normal years, Lucerne Hu retained ninny of Its ancient us- poets. Ha crumbling wall with Its vtch towers glvo It a modloval dHitainp; two of Its covered wooden bridges also servo as art galleries. on the walls of one nro depicted Bxtnes of the city's history and tho other has paintings of tho "Dunco of Death." - Perhaps tho most famed art object of the city Is tho Lion of Lucerne, con- tldeikl hy one critic "the most appro- B prime nnd touching monument In ex-HltteDCC." ex-HltteDCC." In a grotto, hewn from the natural rock, Is a dying Hon pierced br Innce, with his paw protecting the tteur-de-lys of the llourboiiH. Tlior- waldsen, Danish sculptor, designed this tribute to tho Swiss guard who died In. seeking to protect Louis XVI ttilnst the mob of Pnrl revolution-T revolution-T H Uli that stormed the Tullerles In 171)2. H Many qunlnt houses remain, Includ- j l.if the wooden structures whose In $mH feamablllty gave rise to curious lire refutations. Wood for building could Hsot lie In tho streets morn than 2-1 hours. No smithy could work between rejperj and early mam. Every cltl-Hten cltl-Hten was a potential firo fighter and f J the chitons' brlgado when called, to a Jfrebad to await word from tho mayor ' fit dismissal. Women were required to aid at night by holding lights In the cocrwoj's. Until two centuries ago the city fathers were usslgned special titin In tiro lighting. |