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Luxembourg
Luxembourg is the smallest nation on our trip and is organized as a Grand Duchy.
Luxembourg City is the capital. Luxembourg City
We will visit Luxembourg City. Important attractions include:
- The Fortifications that have protected the people over centuries.
- The Palace of the Grand Dukes.
- Notre Dame Cathedral.
- Important European institutions located here are the European Court, the EuroStat and the Euro-tom.
- The Information Office of the European Parliament and the Representation of the Commission
- Three miles east of Luxembourg City, at Hamm, is the U.S. Military Cemetery with over 5,000 graves of American servicemen that fell during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944-45 and the Liberation of Luxembourg on February 12, 1945. Here is also the grave of General George S. Patton, Commander of the Third Army.
Note: Itinerary may change without notice. Adaptations are made from semester to semester.
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