"Switzerland 2001: Zürich" Zürich by Tolik
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Zürich is Switzerland's largest city and among the most beautiful in all of Europe.
Zürich is a wonderful city, sitting astride the Limmat River where it emerges from the Zürichsee (Zürich lake). Its charming Altstadt (Old Town) is full of beautifully restored historic buildings and narrow, hilly alleys. In the distance, snowy mountains overlook the waters of the lake, and the shores are dominated by the 1900s mansions.
The earliest known Zürichers lived around 4500 BC in small houses perched on stilts by the likeside. In the 1st century BC the Romans built a customs house on the hill overlooking the Limmat River. In the time the customs house became a fortress, the remains of which can be seen on the Lindenhof square. In the 5th century the Germanic Alemanni drove out the Romans. Four centuries later the Carolingians built an imperial palace on the Limmat and Louis the German founded an abbey here. By the 12th century Zürich became a center of commerce and merchants established famous guilds. However, the city is far from a cold-hearted business center. In the 1916 the avant-garde Dadaist movement started here. Zürich also drew in famous Irish writer James Joyce, who wrote “Ulysses” and “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”. Now the city’s extraordinary museums and galleries, TV channels, and shops along the Bahnhofstrasse attest to its position as Switzerland’s cultural capital.
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KUNSTHAUS ZURICH (Fine Arts...
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KUNSTHAUS ZURICH (Fine Arts Museum). This is my favorite art museum in Switzerland. Near the museum's entrance you can... more travel advice
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Zürich Hauptbahnhof Check schedules on-line using the Swiss Web-site 'SBB Travel Online' www.cff.ch/pv/incoming_e.htm more travel advice
CHOCOLATE MUSEUM (Lind and...
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CHOCOLATE MUSEUM (Lind and Sprungli Chocolate Factory). Visitors are welcome with an open box of Lind chocolate and a... more travel advice
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GROSSMUNSTER. Its towers are Zürich's landmark. Romanesque and Gothic cathedral was founded by Charlemagne.... more travel advice
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Comments (43)
I must visit the choc museum next time!
I love Zurich too - great pictures of its churches - nice pics in the travlogue too :)
I take my hat off to you! Spot on very accurate, are you a travel journalist?Brilliant!!
Well done. Didn't know about the chocolat museum!!
Lovely and intelligent view
I love this city
I copied this very informative page for my travels there
a lovely page & great pics !
Will go there tomorrow! Hope the weather is a s fine as on yo
Good info!! Thx!