!!!Zurich

by Stas Sedov and
Sergey Shandin,
members of the [AirPano Team|Geography/About/Consortium/AirPano,_Team] that is a member of the [global-geography Consortium|Geography/About/Consortium]. \\

10 March 2016

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

Zurich is considered to be the most significant financial centre in the
world: Swiss banks are as recognizable as Swiss watches, cheese or
chocolate. And Zürich is the largest city of the country and the heart
of its financial system.

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Can this might be shown in panoramas? Of course it can, and the bright
example of this is the United Arab Emirates: practically every building
in Dubai is created to amaze and transcend. But Switzerland with its
moderate character has other priorities. According to them, there is a
much better use for a large amount of money than just to show off, and
the support of the historical and cultural heritage in proper condition
is one of this priorities. You will be able to see this with your own
eyes as soon as you open our virtual tour.

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The first mention of Zürich is dated 929, though the first settlements
appeared here back in the 1st century BC. Since then the city has
significantly changed, but at the same time everything that could be
preserved has been preserved, and even some of the very ancient
monuments have remained till nowadays. The centre of the city can reveal
the buildings dated the 10th century.

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The major long-liver of the city is the Church of St. Peter. In 857
Louis the German founded a temple as a gift to his daughter. Later
reconstructions had changed the initial look of the church and now it is
the example of the late Romanesque architecture. In 1538 a clock was
installed in the church tower. With the clock face measuring 8,7 meters
and the minute hand 3,95 meters, it is the largest clock face in Europe.
Note that the diameter of the famous Big Ben clock is only 7 meters.

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One more outstanding and ancient church of Zürich is the Grossmünster.
This cathedral built in the Romanesque style was founded in 1090.
According to legend, the Grossmünster was founded by Charlemagne, whose
horse fell to its knees over the tombs of Felix and Regula, Zürich's
patron saints. There is no means of proving this fact, but recent
archaeological evidence confirms the presence of a Roman burial ground
at the foot of the building.

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The third most important and oldest religious construction of Zürich is
the Fraumünster Church — a former abbey for aristocratic women of lower
Germany. The convent was under the patronage of kings and was granted
the right to mint coins that lasted till the 13th century. These facts
effectively made the abbess the actual ruler of the city between 1045
and 1524. But in the course of the later reformation the abbey ceased to
exist. Along with the historical importance, the church is also famous
for having the stained-glass windows created by Marc Chagall in the
1970s.

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The Lindenhof quarter, founded on the site of the former Roman castle,
is also on the list of the greatest sights of Zürich.  In the 19th
century the Masonic lodge Modestia cum Libertate contributed in the
creation of this quarter and its modern appearance. Zürich, as any other
ancient European city, possesses the main street with shops, the
opera-house, the city hall and numerous museums and squares with narrow
medieval streets radiating from them. But there are some differences as
well: for example, there is the Mahmood Mosque — the first purpose-built
mosque in Switzerland.


One more unique feature of Zürich is the lake bearing the same name.
Lake Zürich is split between the cantons of Zürich, St. Gallen and
Schwyz. In the past it served for transportation, but nowadays it is a
popular tourist destination with excursions and boating trips along the
picturesque shores.

The surface area of the lake is 88 square kilometres. It has the
elevation of 409 meters and the curved form which for some people
resembles a banana. Well, you can form your own opinion about this and
get acquainted with the other sights of Zürich using our panoramas.

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[16 Panoramas of Zurich|Geography/Europe/Switzerland/Pictures/Panoramas_of_Zurich]










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