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• The Legend of William Tell

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 04:51 in william tell, guillaume, swiss news, cap of gessler, german playwright friedrich von schiller, itallian composer gioacchino rossini, legendary swiss patriot, swiss marksman, wilhelm tell

  William Tell, legendary Swiss patriot of the 14th century. According to tradition, Tell refused to salute the cap of Gessler, the despotic Austrian governor of his canton, Uri. Gessler then ordered Tell to shoot an arrow through an apple set upon ...