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Münzplatz
''Augustinergasse'' is a medieval lane that today is part of the innercity pedestrian zone of Zürich, Switzerland. It is named after the former Augustinerkloster Zürich, Augustinian Abbey that is now Augustinerkirche Zürich, Augustinerkirche, the former church of the convent that was disestablished in 1525. Once, it was one of the nodal points of road and public transportation between Münsterhof, St. Peterhofstatt, the present Münzplatz plaza at the former abbey, and one of the Augustinertor, gates and fortifications of the medieval town walls. Today, as well as the Limmatquai, ''Augustinergasse'' is a section of the southern extension of the ''Quaianlagen (Zürich), Seeuferanlage'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887, and one of the best known visitor attractions of the Turicum (Zürich), oldest area of the city of Zürich. Location Bordered in the north by ''Münzplatz'' and by ''St. Peterhofstatt'' towards ''Münsterhof'', it is named after the former August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustinertor
''Augustinergasse'' is a medieval lane that today is part of the innercity pedestrian zone of Zürich, Switzerland. It is named after the former Augustinian Abbey that is now Augustinerkirche, the former church of the convent that was disestablished in 1525. Once, it was one of the nodal points of road and public transportation between Münsterhof, St. Peterhofstatt, the present Münzplatz plaza at the former abbey, and one of the gates and fortifications of the medieval town walls. Today, as well as the Limmatquai, ''Augustinergasse'' is a section of the southern extension of the '' Seeuferanlage'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887, and one of the best known visitor attractions of the oldest area of the city of Zürich. Location Bordered in the north by ''Münzplatz'' and by '' St. Peterhofstatt'' towards ''Münsterhof'', it is named after the former Augustinian monastery, now the Augustinerkirche church. The ''Rennweg'', formerly the ''Rennweg–Augustine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustinerkirche Zürich
Augustinerkirche was once one of the five main churches in the Altstadt (Zürich), old town of Zürich, Switzerland, together with Fraumünster, Grossmünster, Predigerkirche Zürich, Predigern and St. Peter, Zürich, St. Peter's. First built around 1270 as a Romanesque church belonging to the Augustinerkloster Zürich, Augustinian abbey, on occasion of the Reformation in Zürich worship in the church was discontinued. The present Christian Catholic Church community of Zürich planned to rebuild the building to commemorate the old Augustinian church, and for the same reason, Augustinerkirche is still their Parish church, that was rebuilt in 1843/44 by Ferdinand Stadler. In the late 1950s, the church was rebuilt in accordance with the plans for the original structure. Today the building is one of the three medieval churches in the Lindenhof district of the city of Zürich. Geography Situated at the southwest of the ''Münzplatz'' square on Augustinergasse, west of ''St. Peterhofsta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turicum (Zürich)
Turicum was a Gallo-Roman settlement at the lower end of Lake Zurich, and precursor of the city of Zurich. It was situated within the Roman province of Germania Superior) and near the border to the province of Raetia; there was a tax-collecting point for goods traffic on the waterway Walensee– Obersee-Zürichsee–Limmat–Aare–Rhine. Prehistory and Celtic Oppidum Lindenhof Neolithic pile dwellings were located in the then swamp area between Limmat and Lake Zurich around the present Sechseläutenplatz plaza. These were built on piles to protect the inhabitants against occasional flooding by the rivers Sihl, Linth and Jona. Three settlements were located in Enge, a locality of the municipality of Zurich: Zürich–Enge Alpenquai and Kleiner Hafner on then islands or peninsulas on the effluence of the Limmat, and Grosser Hafner,Beat Eberschweiler: ''Schädelreste, Kopeken und Radar: Vielfältige Aufgaben für die Zürcher Tauchequipe IV''. In: NAU 8/2001. Amt für S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustinerkloster Zürich
Augustinerkloster was one of the eight monasteries within the medieval city of Zürich in Switzerland. It was founded around 1270 as an Augustinian Order priory on the site of the present Augustinerkirche Zürich on Münzplatz, and was abolished in 1524. Geography Situated on today's ''Münzplatz'' that is named after the later mint, the street Augustinergasse is named after the abbey. The area of the convent was west of the '' St. Peterhofstatt'' square towards the then Fröschengraben moat. The Augustinerkirche Zürich, like the street with the same name, is named after the former Augustinian monastery, meaning the church of the Augustinian order. In the high European Middle Ages, the abbey was part of the fortifications of Zürich, situated on the lower slope of the Lindenhof hill, at the location of the so-called small ''Kecinstürlin'' gate at the southern Fröschengraben moat, the ''Augustinertor'' gate. The inner moat was enforced by the 16th-century '' Schanzengraben''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Tène Culture
The La Tène culture (; ) was a Iron Age Europe, European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman Republic, Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any definite cultural break, under considerable Mediterranean influence from the Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, the Etruscan civilization, Etruscans, and the Culture of Golasecca, Golasecca culture, but whose artistic style nevertheless did not depend on those Mediterranean influences. La Tène culture's territorial extent corresponded to what is now Prehistory of France#The Iron Age, France, History of Belgium#Celtic and Roman periods, Belgium, Early history of Switzerland#Iron Age, Switzerland, History of Austria#Iron Age, Austria, History of England#Later Prehistory, England, History of Germany#Iron Age, Southern Germany, the History of the Czech lands#Iron Age, Czech Republic, Prehistoric Italy#Iron Age, Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schanzengraben
Schanzengraben is a moat and a section of the northwestern extension of the '' Seeuferanlage'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887 in Zurich, Switzerland. Schanzengraben is, among the adjoint ''Katz'' bastion at the Old Botanical Garden and the so-called ''Bauschänzli'' bulwark, one of the last remains of the Baroque fortifications of Zürich. The area of the moat is also an inner-city recreation area and a public park. Geography Schanzengraben is one of the two present effluences of the Lake Zurich, located around south of the Limmat, and situated at the historical '' Alpenquai'' lake shore area, between Bürkliplatz and General-Guisan-Quai. It marks the border of the inner-city districts of ''Enge'' and ''City'', and flows after about into the Sihl, at the western side of Zürich Hauptbahnhof where ''Gessnerallee'' and ''Usteristrasse'' cross the ''Gessner'' bridge. In fact, the moat was built outside of the historical core of the medieval town of Zürich, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennwegtor
''Rennweg'' is a medieval main road and is today part of the inner-city pedestrian zone of Zürich, Switzerland. A ''rennweg'' was in the medieval German speaking territories a street where horses were moved.Schweizerisches Idiotikon, vol. VI, col. 840 f., articl''Ränn-Wëg'' and vol. VI, col. 961 sqq., articl''rännen'' esp. meanings 1d («ein Pferd in eilige Bewegung setzen, hetzen») and 2a («mit verhängtem Zügel, in schärfster Gangart reiten, fahren»). Once, it was one of the nodal points of road and public transportation. Today, as well as the Limmatquai, as well as Augustinergasse, it is a section of the southern extension of the '' Seeuferanlage'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887. ''Rennweg'' is one of the best known visitor attractions of the oldest area of the city of Zürich. Geography and history Archaeologists excavated individual and aerial finds of the Celtic-Helvetii oppidum Lindenhof from around the 1st century BC La Tène culture, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fröschengraben
Schanzengraben is a moat and a section of the northwestern extension of the ''Quaianlagen (Zürich), Seeuferanlage'' promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887 in Zurich, Switzerland. Schanzengraben is, among the adjoint Bollwerk zur Katz, ''Katz'' bastion at the Old Botanical Garden, Zürich, Old Botanical Garden and the so-called ''Bauschänzli'' bulwark, one of the last remains of the Baroque fortifications of Zürich. The area of the moat is also an inner-city recreation area and a public park. Geography Schanzengraben is one of the two present effluences of the Lake Zurich, located around south of the Limmat, and situated at the historical ''Alpenquai'' lake shore area, between Bürkliplatz and General-Guisan-Quai. It marks the border of the inner-city districts of ''Enge'' and ''City'', and flows after about into the Sihl, at the western side of Zürich Hauptbahnhof where ''Gessnerallee'' and ''Usteristrasse'' cross the ''Gessner'' bridge. In fact, the moat was bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Window
A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. A bow window is a form of bay with a curve rather than angular facets; an oriel window is a bay window that does not touch the ground. A window may be all three: projecting outward from the main fascia of a wall, curved in shape, and not reaching the ground. A bay window may be supported from the ground by a foundation, or in space by corbels, brackets, or cantilever. A typical bay window consists of a central windowpane, called a fixed sash, flanked by two or more smaller windows, known as casement or double-hung windows. The arrangement creates a panoramic view of the outside, allows more natural light to enter the room, and provides additional space within the room. Bay windows are often designed to extend beyond the exterior wall, either adding to floor space, often filled with a table, desk, or seating area, or turned into a window seat (often with storage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helvetii
The Helvetii (, , Gaulish: *''Heluētī''), anglicized as Helvetians, were a Celtic tribe or tribal confederation occupying most of the Swiss plateau at the time of their contact with the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. According to Julius Caesar, the Helvetians were divided into four subgroups or '' pagi.'' Of these, Caesar names only the Verbigeni and the Tigurini, while Posidonius mentions the Tigurini and the Tougeni (). They feature prominently in the '' Commentaries on the Gallic War,'' with their failed migration attempt to southwestern Gaul (58 BC) serving as a catalyst for Caesar's conquest of Gaul. The Helvetians were subjugated after 52 BC, and under Augustus, Celtic oppida, such as Vindonissa or Basilea, were re-purposed as garrisons. In AD 68, a Helvetian uprising was crushed by Aulus Caecina Alienus. The Swiss plateau was at first incorporated into the Roman province of Gallia Belgica (22 BC), later into Germania Superior (AD 83). The Helvetians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindenhof Hill
The Lindenhof (''"Tilia, linden yard"'') is a moraine hill and public square in the historic center of Zurich, Switzerland. It is the site of the Switzerland in the Roman era, Roman and Carolingian era Kaiserpfalz around which the city has historically grown. The hilltop area—including its prehistoric, Roman, and medieval remains—is listed as a Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, Swiss heritage site of national significance. Topography Lindenhof (its northern part is called ''Sihlbühl'') dominates the Lindenhof (quarter), Lindenhof quarter in Altstadt (Zurich), district 1 (Altstadt), the historical center of Zurich's Altstadt. To the north, it bordered by Uraniastrasse and the Waisenhaus Zürich, Waisenhaus and to the south, it ends near St. Peter, Zurich, St. Peter church. To the west, the hill is bordered by Bahnhofstrasse, and in the east, it ends at the Limmat and the Schipfe quarter. Lindenhof sits atop the remains of a glacier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
