Chapel Bridge is the covered wooden bridge in Lucerne that crosses the Reuss River and has a painted roof.
Known in German as Kapellbrücke, the bridge was built in the fourteenth century as part of Lucerne’s defenses. It runs diagonally across the river and is named after St. Peter’s Chapel, located nearby.
The triangular paintings beneath its roof were created in the seventeenth century and depict scenes from Swiss and local history. A major fire in 1993 destroyed much of the bridge and many paintings, but the structure was reconstructed and reopened later that year. The adjacent Water Tower is older than the bridge and is a separate building.