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The home of Richard Wagner; now a museum. Tribschen (also seen as Triebschen) is a district of the city of Lucerne, in the Canton of Lucerne in central Switzerland.. Tribschen is best known today as the home of the German composer Richard Wagner from 30 March 1866 to 22 April 1872.
de Pauger's 1725 Plan of Mobile, Alabama. Adrien de Pauger (born ca. 1685 [1] or 1682, [2] died 9 June 1726) [3] was the French engineer and cartographer who designed the streets of the Vieux Carre, today known as the "French Quarter", and drew the original map of the city that became New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Industrial Revolution hit Lucerne rather late, and by 1860 only 1.7% of the population worked in industry, which was about a quarter of the national average at that time. [citation needed] Agriculture, which employed about 40% of the workers, was the main form of economic output in the canton. Nevertheless, industry was attracted to the ...
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: /ˌvjɜː kəˈreɪ/; US: /vjə kəˈreɪ/; [4] French: [vjø kaʁe]), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans ( French : Nouvelle-Orléans ) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville , the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old ...
Haldenstrasse is a street in Lucerne, Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Lucerne. The street is the location of several notable buildings, including the Grand Hotel National , [ 1 ] the Hotel Palace Luzern and the Grand Casino Luzern .
The Rosengart Collection Museum (Museum Sammlung Rosengart) is an art museum located in Lucerne, Switzerland. It houses a collection of modern art based on two main artists: Paul Klee and Pablo Picasso. [1] [2]
This list contains all cultural property of national significance (class A) in the canton of Lucerne from the 2009 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance. It is sorted by municipality and contains 83 individual buildings, 27 collections, 17 archaeological finds and 6 other, special sites.
Pages in category "Lucerne" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...