Right here, the hero won the apple-shooting challenge and the beautiful monument, which stands on the Rathausplatz, the town hall square, depicts him accompanied by his little son and the inseparable crossbow.
Near the monument stands a tower house decorated with frescoes dating back to the 16th century, and at no. 18 Ghottardstrasse you can visit the Cantonal Historical Museum. The village that is said to have been the birthplace of William Tell is located a couple of kilometers from Altdorf and is called Burglen, a medieval village clinging to the first mountain foothills (in winter it is a ski area), where the 18th-century monument to William, a chapel from 1582 covered with 18th-century frescoes, and the Tell Museum, housed in one of the four 13th-century towers still preserved by the village, stand out. In the rooms arranged on the different floors you can admire relics, statues, ancient prints and watch the screening of a feature film, which tells not only the story of the hero but also how his figure has been interpreted and revisited over the centuries.
