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Spreuer Bridge
A quieter covered bridge downstream, hung with a 17th-century cycle of Dance of Death paintings.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 15 minutes
- Address
- Spreuerbrücke, 6004 LucerneDirections
- Getting There
- A 5-minute walk along the river from the Chapel Bridge.
Why Go
Built in 1408, the bridge carries 67 panels painted in the 1620s and 1630s, showing Death leading people of every rank away.
Nearby in Lucerne
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