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A monument to William Tell a town called
Altdorf
in
Switzerland
.
William Tell
was a
folk hero
from
Switzerland
. In the story, William Tell is a man who refused to bow down to pole that was set up by an army who had taken over the place where he lived. He was arrested and forced to shoot an
apple
off his son's head with a
crossbow
. If he did not, both he and his son would be killed. So he shot the apple off the son's head and did not harm his son. He is considered a legend and his actions helped form Switzerland as a nation.