Vierwaldstättersee

(fiːrˈvaltʃtɛtərˌzeː)

(Placename) the German name for (Lake) Lucerne

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The 1842 masterpiece, The Dark Rigi, the Lake of Lucerne, depicts a scene in the Swiss mountains - but there are fears it could be exported for sale abroad.

PS10m art export ban

Arts Minister Rebecca Pow has placed a temporary export bar on JMW Turner's work The Dark Rigi, the Lake of Lucerne following fears the painting could be exported for sale abroad.

Fears PS10m Turner painting could be lost to the nation

JMW Turner's famous work The Dark Rigi, the Lake of Lucerne at risk of export

£10 million Turner masterpiece may leave British shores

Lake of Lucerne, from the landing place at Fluelen was created in the winter of 1808-09, when Turner was 33 years of age, and thus some six years after the artist had last set foot in Switzerland.

Turner the visionary: Turner's conviction that painting should depict an ideal beauty was matched by his perception of the coming of the industrial world. Could this explain why public demand to view his works--evidenced by this month's opening of Margate's Turner Contemporary--has never declined?

Roos, director of the conference, which will take place at Lucerne's landmark Culture and Convention Centre (KKL), right on the lake of Lucerne.

"Escaping the age of stupid": after this economic crisis, the world will be a different place. Are you prepared to profit from the changes and get your company on the right track? The 5th European Futurists Conference Lucerne focuses on areas of transformation and pinpoints the megatrends of the future

It is right on the Lake of Lucerne and Mount Pilatus rises behind it.

Indoor outings: in order to help dispel some January winter gloom, Swiss News suggests two entertaining and educational indoor outings: Glasi Hergiswil, near Luzern and the Emmentaler Show Dairy near Bern

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