Urban Time Travel

The use of the “Fondation Pescatore” building by General Patton as the Headquarters for his Third US Army (THUSA), is primarily known because of “Patton’s Prayer” in the chapel on the first floor of the building.

Only a modest bronze plaque fixed to the right wing of the present headquarters building of the State Savings bank (BCEE) in Luxembourg City reminds of General Omar Bradley’s former Headquarters.

The State Savings was created by law in 1856.

Distance: 3,26 km
Duration: 1:54 h
Difficulty: easy

Adolphe Bridge

Tiirmschen "Mir wölle bleiwe wat mir sinn"

The Vauban Towers are named after the medieval constructions they replaced: the Eich Gate and the Bons Malades Gate.

Inaugurated in October 1971 the “National Monument of Luxembourg solidarity”, called Kanounenhiwwel (mound of canons) by the locals, is the central place for national commemorations of all the victims of World War II, underlining the solidarity that Luxembourgers showed during the dark years of Nazi occupation.

From August 1940 on, the Gestapo had installed their headquarters on these premises.