St Peter’s Chapel
Kapellplatz, Lucerne 6004 - Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)41 227 17 17
|
Share |
Map |
|
|
|
St Peter’s Chapel is a Lucerne landmark and of considerable historical importance. It is Lucerne’s oldest church and was built in 1178 when a priest was appointed to take care of the population. Always subservient to the 8th century Benedictine St Leodegar monastery and the Hof Church (see separate entry), it never became the parish church. Kapellplatz was named after St Peter’s and, more importantly, so was the city’s best known attraction, the nearby 14th century Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke) (see separate attraction). The chapel was for several hundred years the citizen’s meeting place and was subject to alterations in 1750.
|
|
|
|
|
