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The original predecessor, Hotel de la Couronne, was established in 1862 and was already frequented by famous people from Zurich. In 1924, Gottlieb and Hulda Zumsteg (née Durst), previously tenants in another establishment, acquired the dilapidated building and reopened as "Kronenhalle restaurant".
Zurich tram routes 4 and 15 run along the Limmatquai, serving the stops Helmhaus, Rathaus and Rudolf-Brun-Brücke. The quai was one of the main routes through the old town before it was freed from traffic in 2004. The bridges passed by the Limmatquai, south to north, are: Quaibrücke, connecting Bellevue and Bürkliplatz,
Its first tavern and meeting place (Trinkstube) was located near the medieval town hall at Münsterhof. The guild house was first mentioned in a 1389 document as Kembel. [1] In 1487 the guild acquired the house zum Kämbel which still exists at Münsterhof 18. The location at Münsterhof square is seen as a deliberate distancing from the noble ...
"Zurich's Italian landmark faces axe". Swissinfo. (in German) Coopi: Ein Traditionsrestaurant wird 100. Swiss public television report on the restaurant's 100-year-anniversary (RM video). "Gästeliste von Brecht bis zum SVP-Gemeinderat / Aus der 100-jährigen Geschichte des Restaurants Cooperativo" (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. January 19 ...
The Gstaad Palace was built in a Swiss chalet style on a hill overlooking the town of Gstaad. [8] It has guest rooms and suites, [11] restaurants, [12] a basement nightclub (GreenGo), a spa, [8] a traditional alpine hut (Walig Hut), indoor and outdoor pools, and numerous other amenities. [13]
The guild house was built in the 14th century as a representative building of the Zunft zur Zimmerleuten on the Limmat river's right hand (downstream) shore in the today's Rathaus quarter, in the immediate neighborhood of the Grossmünster church, the Rathaus Zürich and the Haus zum Rüden, being then the most important buildings in Zürich.
In 2015, the city archaeologists (Amt für Städtebau) also identified a 600-year-old badge of Charlemagne on his horse discovering the graves of the martyrs Felix and Regula. The beautifully cast figure is made of non-ferrous metals, measures just 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in), and is believed to have been a pilgrim badge.
The previous boundaries of the city of Zurich (before 1893) were more or less synonymous with the location of the old town. Two large expansions of the city limits occurred in 1893 and in 1934 when the city of Zürich merged with many surrounding municipalities, that had been growing increasingly together since the 19th century.