Lucerne (also translated as Shusen) is the capital of Lucerne, located in the middle of Switzerland, at the intersection of the exit of Royce River and Sizhou Lake, with an urban population of only 70,000. Known as the most beautiful and ideal city in Switzerland, it condenses the essence of Switzerland. Lucerne is located in the center of Switzerland, so it is certainly in the center of Europe. For the students of Lucerne University, why spend a weekend in Paris, Vienna, Rome and Barcelona?

At the University of Lucerne, students' cultural life is very rich. The famous KKL Lucerne Culture and Art Center is located next to Lucerne University. This beautiful modern building, built on the bank of Lucerne, is fully functional and can meet the requirements of performances, conferences, exhibitions and celebrations. It was designed by Jean Nouvel, an outstanding French architect, and skillfully introduced the lake into the hall. Among them, the large-scale concert hall designed by Russell Johnson, with 65,438+0,840 comfortable seats and excellent sound effects, has been highly praised by the world's top conductors, musicians and orchestras.

Claudio abbado, a famous conductor, came to Lucerne as the artistic director of the Festival Orchestra in 2002, and held concerts every summer. The Lucerne Music Festival has become a major event in the classical music world, with nearly 10 million fans flocking to it every year.

The beautiful scenery of Lake Lucerne also comforted the hearts of many art masters.

Picasso, a Spanish master, lived in Lucerne with his friends' parents in his later years, where he created a large number of works, all of which were given to his friends' daughters and became treasures in Rosengart's collection. Tolstoy lived in this life for a period of time and wrote the novel Lucerne with the same name.

After Tolstoy, Nietzsche, a philosopher who advocated individual will, Stendhal, a famous French critical realist writer, and Mark Twain of the United States also roamed Lucerne one after another.

Hugo, a French writer, has also been to Lucerne many times. The house he lived in is still well preserved and is located on the north bank of the Royce River. He once recited: "Lucerne is elegant and quiet, the clear water beats against the river bank, and the soft water flows under my feet ..."

Dumas called Lucerne "the most beautiful pearl in the clam shell in the world".

Many musicians get inspiration here and create immortal masterpieces. Beethoven's Song of the Moonlight is said to have been influenced by the poet Stub's comment: The first movement is reminiscent of "like a boat swaying on a moonlit lake in Lucerne, Switzerland".

There is a road by the lake called "Richard Wagner Road", which was built in memory of German composer Richard Wagner. Wagner likes Lucerne very much. 1859, he finished the opera Tristan and isolde here, and then composed the pastoral symphony Siegfried. His representative works "The Poet of Nuremberg" and "The Twilight of the Gods" were also completed here. He exaggerated: "Lucerne's gentleness made me forget all the music." Now, his villa has been transformed into a museum for people to visit. Their stories add more cultural color to Lucerne.

About Lucerne's literary works are:

Mark Twain, a tramp abroad, 1880.

Travel notes of Leo Tolstoy and Lucerne.