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Cathedral Notre Dame Luxembourg
38 Reviews Jesuits built a church here in the 17th century, and two hundred years later it was promoted to the status of Cathedral. Its Gothic architecture and immense size makes it one of the most imposing...
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Historic City Center Luxembourg
56 Reviews The Rham Plateau is a high ground on the right bank of the river Alzette. It offers brilliant views of the Alzette valley and the Walls of Corniche. At the northern end of the Rham Plateau the Tower...
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Grand Ducal Palace Luxembourg
26 Reviews The Grand Ducal Palace was built in the 16th century in a Moorish-style architecture. Nowadays, this major sight of Luxembourg City attracts all the tourists and may be a reminder of fairy tale...
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Walking around Luxembourg
56 Reviews From the beginning the Neumünster Abbey was a hospital known as St John's Hospital but in 1547 Benedictine monks settled there and put up several new buildings. They stayed there until 1796 when they...
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Bridges Luxembourg
17 Reviews A wonder of its time, the Aldophe Bridge had the greatest stone arch span in the world when it was built in 1903. Connecting the old town in Haute Ville with the train station in Gare, it has become a...
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Monuments Luxembourg
15 Reviews This duchess reigned from 1919 to 1964 and was one of the best loved and admired leaders of the country. She stands, surrounded by government buildings and the Our Lady cathedral. The memorial has...
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Gellen Fra (Golden Lady) Luxembourg
11 Reviews The towering Gëlle Fra Memorial should draw you towards Place de la Constitution and a great place to start your tour of the city. The views from here across the Ville Basse and the Adolphe Bridge are...
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Churches Luxembourg
8 Reviews The history of the Roman-Catholic Saint Michael's Church (Église Saint-Michel) dates back to 987 when a castle chapel was located on the same site. The current structure is from 1688. Due to its...
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Museums Luxembourg
12 Reviews If you go to the casino expecting to be able to blow a fortune, then you'll be disappointed. The casino is now home to the forum of contemporary art, and has a dozen rooms, which either form a single...
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Having Fun, Passing Time Luxembourg
7 Reviews Actually, maybe I am guilty for all these changes because everytime when I take my umbrella there is beautiful sunny day and when I leave it at home there is rain... But if you will have a good day...
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Knuedler Luxembourg
8 Reviews The history of the Place Guillaume II dates back to the mid 13th century when it was the site of the church and the monastery of the Franciscan order. Place Guillaume II is also known as "Knuedler"...
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Special Events Luxembourg
4 Reviews Luxembourg's wine-growing community gathers at the start of December to announce the latest vintage of wine and crémant. Crémant is sparkling white wine similar to French champagne, with there being a...
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Theatre des Capucins Luxembourg
1 Review Theatre des Capucins Tourist Office of the City of Luxembourg organises quality of musical concerts in Theatre des Capucins. These are mostly competitions and lots of competitive participate in...
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Exploring the fortress walls, chambers, casemates will take at least half a day. The fortress has a rich history. You can do it by yourself with a self-guided tour map. Or you can join a walking tour of the Luxembourg City Tourism Office (2 hours) on Saturdays at 3 pm. Check out : www.lcto.lu/en/fid/1/66/73/wenzel/
As part of our 2009 cycling tour, we rode from Luxembourg City to Schengen, where the treaty allowing border-free circulation of people among the European countries was signed in 1985.A steel monument by the Moselle river commemorates this important event, commonly referred to as the "Schengen Agreement".The treaty restored, in part, the passport-free conditions existing in Europe before WWII. The current status - as of June 2011 - includes EU 25 countries, except the UK, plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. Future additions are being discussed, check here for updates:Schengen Area
Clervaux (a.k.a. Clerf) is a pretty town in a Luxembourg Ardennes valley, featuring a 12th century castle with the famous photo exhibition "The Family of Man" by Edward Steichen and a documentation on the Ardennes Campaign in WW2, an imposing neo-romanic church with wonderful stained-glass-windows and a benedictine monastery.
Virtually every small town in the Ardennes region of Luxembourg features a castle or at least a castle ruin - proof of the fact that Luxembourg was part of a much fought-over region in the middle ages. Vianden is by far the most iconic, but almost equally impressive medieval castles in Bourscheid, Esch-Sur-Sure, Beaufort and Larochette.
The Vianden castle (Ardennes region) is the most spectacular fortress of Luxembourg. The Counts of Vianden where the most powerful nobles of the Rine - Mosel - Maas area from the 11th to the 15th century. The loss of its military importance led to neglect, but the castle has been fully restored and is a very worthwhile destination again.
The capital of tiny Luxembourg has some interesting sights: Quite unique are the "Kasematten", underground military installations from the 19th century. The "Corniche" is a superb viewing point from the upper city. The cathedral features wonderful stained-glass-windows.
This small garden of butterflies is situated in Grevenmacher and you will be really surprised. First the building looks like for growing vegetables but when you enter it you will feel like in tropical rainforest. Butterflies are main attraction and they are everywhere around you accompanied by chameleons, frog, insects and bees (thanks Lord not free to access your skin :)) little birds and something like cute little chicken :)Those who like to make photos by macro objectives it is a real paradise :)
The castle is 370 meters above sea level and sits over 150 meters above the surrounding valley. The views from up there are just stunning. On two sides there are pine forests and in front of the castle is the valley with the meandering River Sure. In its day the castle had 11 watch towers, same as the one in the photo and covered an area of more than 12,000sq meters.For a view of the whole castle check out the web site below
The bronze equestrian statue that dominates Place Guillaume II was erected in honor of the King-Grand Duke William II of Orange-Nassau. He reigned from 1840 to 1849, and one year before his death, he gave the Grand Duchy its first parliamentary constitution, one of the most liberal constitutions in Europe at the time.The statue was erected in 1844. The pedestal of the monument bears the coats of arms of the House of Orange-Nassau and the City of Luxembourg, plus the twelve cantons of the Grand Duchy.
The Corps of Gendarmes (State police) and Volunteers (Le Corps des Gendarmes et Volontaires) was created in 1881 and constituted the first purely national Armed Force in Luxembourg. As Luxembourg was neutral during the pre-mentioned time period, the corps was more a type of national military school system, preparing and providing access to civil servant- and law enforcement careers. It also had a representational role in addition to guarding the Grand-Ducal Palace and providing military ceremonial support.
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