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| Grossmunster Steeples (Zurich) - Switzerland 2019 |
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| Door, Painting (Zurich) - Switzerland 2019 |
"The twin towers of the Grossmünster are regarded as perhaps the most recognized landmark in Zürich. Architecturally, the church is considered Romanesque in style and thus a part of the first pan-European architectural trend since Imperial Roman architecture.
"The two towers were first erected between 1487 and 1492. Originally, they had high wooden steeples, which were destroyed by fire in 1763, following which the present neo-Gothic tops were added (completed 1787). Richard Wagner is known to have mocked the church's appearance as that of two pepper dispensers."
2 comments:
Isn't Zurich where international crooks go to sequester their ill-gotten gains inside Swiss Secret Bank Accounts?
Could be! We didn't notice any international crooks during our walks. Didn't see any gnomes either.
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