Dappled summer light falls across the broad cobblestoned square of Fribourg's medieval town center, where the elegant arcaded staircase of the Hôtel de Ville — one of Switzerland's finest late-Gothic civic buildings — faces the ancient linden tree of Morat, a living monument planted, legend holds, to commemorate the 1476 Battle of Murten. Pedestrians in mid-century dress cross the sunlit place, tram wires slice the sky, and the church spire beyond the Rathaus completes a scene of layered Swiss history. This real photo postcard, produced by Edition Phot. Perrochet of Lausanne with their characteristic deckle-edged border and interlocked "PP" monogram stamp box, captures Fribourg at its most timeless — the card is unused, clean, and in excellent condition.