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Schipfe is a residential district in 
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Altstadt (Zürich) Limmat {{Zurich-geo-stub
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, Switzerland, located on the eastern slope of the Lindenhof, one of the oldest parts of the Helvetii Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof, by the river Limmat. Historians and the '' Weinplatz'' suggest that the district was part of the former civilian harbour of the Celtic-Roman ''Turicum''. The Swiss studio of famous international artist, Conor Mccreedy
Conor Matthew Mccreedy (born 11 February 1987 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a contemporary artist, conservationist and collector based in Switzerland. Fascinated by Chaos Theory. In his work, his
depiction of abstraction is linked to Chaos ...
is based here in a former Roman
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* Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
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townhouse.
Location
Schipfe belongs to the historic area on the left hand shore of the Limmat, located on the west side of the Lindenhof-Sihlbühl hill downstream from the ancient bridges Münsterbrücke andRathausbrücke Zürich Rathaus (German for "town hall bridge", may refer to the following structure:
* Rathausbrücke, Berlin
Rathaus Bridge (german: Rathausbrücke, "Town Hall Bridge") is a bridge in the central Mitte district of Berlin, Germany. Rebuilt in 2012, ...
between the present Limmatquai
''Limmatquai'' is a street in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is named after the Limmat, and it follows the right-hand (eastern) bank of that river for about through the ''Altstadt'', or historical core, of the city. The street was once important f ...
and the prehistoric Lindenhof hill.
History
The Lindenhof was the site of the Helvetii '' Oppidum'' and the first century BC Roman settlement (15 BC), with traces of a hypocaustum excavated between Weinplatz and Münsterhof. It was then the historical core of modern Zürich. This is the oldest area of the city, with settlements dating to the pre-RomanLa Tène culture
The La Tène culture (; ) was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any defi ...
, and fortified as '' oppidum'' with a surrounding Vicus ''Turicum'' in the final decades of the 1st century BC.
In medieval times, the Oetenbach nunnery Oetenbach was a Dominican nunnery in the medieval municipality of Zürich in Switzerland. Oetenbach was named after the small stream of the same name at its first location at Zürichhorn, situated outside of the European Middle Ages town walls, but ...
was located in the district, but was abolished in 1525 and finally demolished in 1901/02. The ''Uraniastrasse'' road and the Urania Sternwarte were later built, and the so-called Waisenhaus Zürich asylum became the headquarters of the Zürich City Police.Today the Schipfe is well known for its romantic houses at the Limmat and several almost hidden shops opposite the Limmatquai
''Limmatquai'' is a street in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is named after the Limmat, and it follows the right-hand (eastern) bank of that river for about through the ''Altstadt'', or historical core, of the city. The street was once important f ...
.
First mentioned in 1292 as «Schüpfi» (German for ''where the boats land''), the quarter has a population of 431 distributed on an area less of 0.5 km².
References
External links
Schipfe.ch
Altstadt (Zürich) Limmat {{Zurich-geo-stub