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Adrian von Bubenberg prepares Murten for the Burgundian siege, and a child helps him stockpile the last barrels of gunpowder. Over thirteen harrowing days on the ramparts, the child learns that courage means staying when everyone else wants to flee. When the relief army finally arrives, the walls still hold.
A child joins the legendary messenger racing from Murten to Fribourg after the 1476 victory, carrying the linden twig that will one day become a 500-year-old tree. Each kilometre reveals a different scene of Swiss history, and the child discovers that this single run gave birth to Switzerland's oldest road race.
A child discovers that in Murten, every street, gate, and church has two names — one German, one French. The Deutsche Kirche and the Französische Kirche argue over which language the bells should ring in. The child must find the one word that sounds the same in both languages to make the bells ring together.
During the Murten Licht-Festival, a child touches a light projection on the Berntor and falls through the wall into 1476, where the only lights are campfires of the Burgundian siege army. To return to the present, they must find the one light that shines in both centuries — a lantern on the ramparts that has never gone out.
A child visits the site of the destroyed ossuary at Merlach and finds a single Burgundian bone that tells the story of the battle from the other side. The bone belonged to a young soldier from Flanders who did not want to fight the Swiss. Through his eyes, the child sees the tragedy beneath every great victory.
Lake Murten is the smallest of the Three Lakes, but it holds the most secrets: Burgundian armor on the bottom, Neolithic villages in the mud, and a Roman road leading to Aventicum. A child follows a fish through the Broye Canal connecting all three lakes, discovering a hidden underwater world of lost history.
A baker's apprentice must learn to make the perfect Nidelkuchen with exactly five layers of cream, but each layer reveals a different era of Murten's history. The Zähringen founding, the Savoy castle, the Burgundian siege, the Reformation, and the present day all appear between layers of golden caramel and Gruyère double cream.
The Berntor, first mentioned in 1239, has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. A child discovers it remembers every version of itself — each rebuild a different chapter. From medieval knights to Napoleonic soldiers to modern-day Murtenlauf runners streaming through, the gate has witnessed it all.
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