(This post pubished on March 29, 2024)
Friday April 11, 2014 -- A beautiful day to do a bit of a walk around our old town of Zug, which is really a very nice old town!
(Note: Later in the day we took a trip to Einsiedeln and did a 5-km walk around the old Baroque Monastery grounds before joining Urs' train restoration group for their Annual General Meeting. Apparently I am also a member of the restoration club).
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I started at the popular "Guggi" look-out point above the old town of Zug. |
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The view over the roofs of the old town is to Mount Pilatus near Luzern. The tower on the left is the prominent Zug landmark called "Zytturm" (Clock Tower). |
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The original town walls had several corner towers which are all still standing. |
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A zoomed-in view of the Eiger-Mönch-Jungfrau trio of the Bernese Alps. On clear days with the Föhn effect, the mountains look very close. |
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One of the old defence towers on the city wall. |
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I enjoy peeking into the courtyards |
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According to a sign on the other side of this house, the building dates from 1491 and is called te "Meierei" |
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History of the 1491-built house called the Meierei. This building used to serve as the flour warehouse. It was renovated in 1975. |
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This is our city's castle! |
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One of several of the original towers along the city walls (on the south side) |
I then walked over to St.Michael's church, a more "modern" church with its large park-like cemetery.
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Even though the oldest part of St.Michael's church dates from 1390, the church was completely rebuilt in the neo-gothic style in 1902 |
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Walking through St.Michael's cemetery |
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Walking through St.Michael's cemetery |
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Looking down at the funeral chapel |
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From higher up in the cemetery you can see the steeple of St.Michael's church, and Lake Zug. |
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Flowering Magnolias |
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The cherry trees are blossoming! In the background is Mount Pilatus, which is Luzern's local mountain. |
As an aside, this is what the Einsiedeln Abbey looks like from our short walking later in the afternoon before joining the Annual General Meeting.