Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Rapperswil, Switzerland

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 1.5 km
Ascend 31 m
Descend 39 m

Explore Rapperswil in Switzerland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Sight 1: Kunst(Zeug)Haus

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The Old Armoury in Rapperswil, a district of the Swiss municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen, was built in 1862 as an armoury.

Wikipedia: Altes Zeughaus (Rapperswil) (DE), Website

848 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Hauptplatz

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The Hauptplatz is a public square in the old town of Rapperswil, a district of the Swiss municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen.

Wikipedia: Hauptplatz (Rapperswil) (DE)

106 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Stadtpfarrkirche St. Johann

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Stadtpfarrkirche St. Johann is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Rapperswil, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Stadtpfarrkirche Rapperswil (EN), Website

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Liebfrauenkapelle

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Liebfrauenkapelle is a chapel in Rapperswil, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, which dates back to the ossuary that was built by the House of Rapperswil around 1253 AD.

Wikipedia: Liebfrauenkapelle (Rapperswil) (EN)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Polenmuseum

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The Polish Museum, Rapperswil, was founded in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on 23 October 1870, by Polish Count Władysław Broel-Plater, at the urging of Agaton Giller, as "a refuge for Poland's historic memorabilia dishonored and plundered in the [occupied Polish] homeland" and for the promotion of Polish interests.

Wikipedia: Polish Museum, Rapperswil (EN), Website

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Polnische Freiheitssäule

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The Bar Column, also known as the Column of Freedom, is a monument in the form of a column with an eagle on top, unveiled in 1868 on the hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Bar Confederation. The column was created on the initiative of Władysław Plater – the founder of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil.

Wikipedia: Kolumna Barska (PL)

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Lindenhof

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Lindenhof in Rapperswil is a moraine hill and a public square being the historic center of Rapperswil, Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Lindenhof (Rapperswil) (EN)

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Curti-Haus

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The Curti-Haus is a town house on Curtiplatz at the western end of the historic old town of Rapperswil, a district of the Swiss municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen.

Wikipedia: Curti-Haus (DE)

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