The Apple Shot

The Apple Shot. Guillaume Tell was ordered to shoot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow as a punishment for not bowing to the hat of Hermann Gessler. H…

Location: Tilleuls Square, Altdorf, Switzerland

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Category: legendary

Guillaume Tell was ordered to shoot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow as a punishment for not bowing to the hat of Hermann Gessler. He successfully shot the apple without harming his son, but was later arrested and imprisoned.

Source: Guillaume Tell

The Apple Shot — Altdorf, Canton of Zurich

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