Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Panoramic view looking down onto the town and Lake Lucerne (the Vierwaldstättersee or Lake of the Four Forest Cantons) beyond. With a section of the old towered city wall on the right and the Hofkirche in the left background.
Martigny [Martigny-Ville]. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic print looking along the valley of the Drance River, with Martigny-Ville in the foreground. The 13th-century castle tower to the north-west dominates the centre foreground of the photograph
Genre: Landscape Photography Panoramic view looking along the valley of the Lauterbrunnental, with cultivated land and farmhouses on the hillside in the foreground.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Panoramic view from the Quai Brücke looking north along the Limmat River towards the Münster Brücke, with the spires of St Peter's Church and the Fraumünster Church on the left, and the twin towers of the Grossmünster on the right.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Panoramic view from the hillside behind Lucerne, looking down onto the city and the lake beyond, with the twin-towered Hofkirche dominating the centre of the photograph.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Panoramic view looking west across the Limmat towards the riverfront buildings on the far bank, with the Münsterbrücke and St Peter's Church on the extreme left and the tower of the Fraumünster Church in the centre. The photographic studio of J. Schneebeli...