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Mount Rigi

  • Writer: Andrew J. Bramlett
    Andrew J. Bramlett
  • Dec 21, 2022
  • 1 min read

Switzerland’s Mount Rigi is known as the “Queen of the Mountains,” and is famous for the three lakes that surround it. Since 1816, a hotel has been located at the mountain’s peak. The nearest major city is Lucerne.



Image: “The Red Rigi” by J. M. W. Turner (1842). From the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

 
 
 

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