The Bourbaki Panorama is a circular panoramic painting depicting the internment of the French Armée de l'Est in neutral Switzerland at the end of the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War. The army, led by General Charles-Denis Bourbaki, had been defeated in the field while attempting to raise the Siege of Belfort and fled to Switzerland in the aftermath. The Swiss admitted the French soldiers, and local villagers and the Swiss Red Cross provided aid.
In 1876, the Belgium Panorama Society commissioned Swiss artist Édouard Castres, who had accompanied the Armée de l'Est as a medical volunteer, to produce a panorama for display in Switzerland as a tourist attraction. Castres and a team of ten artists produced a circular painting, measuring 115 metres in length, to be viewed from the centre.
Museum:
Apr - Oct:
Mon – Sun: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Nov - Mar:
Mon – Sun: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Variety of guided tours available, please, check the official website.
Adults: CHF 12
Students, seniors: CHF 10
Children (6-16 years old): CHF 7
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbaki_Panorama
Official Website https://www.bourbakipanorama.ch/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bourbaki.panorama
Phone +410 41 412 30 30
Address Löwenplatz 11 6004 Lucerne, Switzerland
Coordinates 47°3'25.047" N 8°18'40.414" E
