Old town Chur, Switzerland.

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Altstadt

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Near the Plessur River, the Obertor marks the entrance to Chur's alley-woven Altstadt (Old Town). Along with the stout Malteserturm (once the munitions tower), and the Sennhofturm (nowadays the city's prison), it's all that remains of the old defensive walls.