Chapel Bridge: Detail, entrance to the bridge

A covered wooden footbridge spanning diagonally across the Reuss River. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique since it contains a number of interior paintings (some by Hans Heinrich W\u00E4gmann) dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with most of the centuries old bridge in a 1993 fire. Subsequently restored, the Kapellbr\u00FCcke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, as well as the world's oldest surviving truss bridge. Lucerne is unique in the fact that its three wooden pedestrian bridges, the 14th century Hofbr\u00FCcke (now destroyed) and Kapellbr\u00FCcke and the Spreuerbr\u00FCcke, all featured painted interior triangular frames. The Kapellbr\u00FCcke complex includes the octagonal 140 m (460 ft) tall Wasserturm (water tower), which predated the bridge by about 30 years.