Canton of Lucerne

The Canton of Lucerne shares 55 connections with 3136 other places across 13 topics, with history as the heaviest cluster, followed by landmarks, religion, and government. In 1332 Lucerne became the fourth member of the Swiss Confederation and the first town to join the rural forest cantons. Its strongest ties run to Switzerland, Obwalden, and the Canton of Bern. Earlier, the Habsburg purchase of Lucerne pushed Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden to form the Eternal Alliance, an act recognized as the founding of Switzerland.

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