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The early history of Switzerland begins with the earliest settlements up to the beginning of Habsburg rule, which in 1291 gave rise to the independence movement in the central cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden and the growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the Late Middle Ages.
The 88-metre [94] Sunrise Tower (2005) was the first approved high-rise building in twenty years. Compared to other cities, there are few tall buildings in Zurich. The municipal building regulations (Article 9) [95] limit the construction of high-rise buildings to areas in the west and north of the city. In the industrial district, Altstetten ...
A Roman siege tower or breaching tower (or in the Middle Ages, a belfry [1]) is a specialized siege engine, constructed to protect assailants and ladders while approaching the defensive walls of a fortification.
Despite the different building materials, multi-story byre-dwellings developed in north-eastern and eastern Switzerland around the same time as they did in the west. In the 16th century restrictions on building and the rise of the home textile industry (the Putting-out system ) led to the creation of the Flarz , a complex of smaller apartments ...
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70, by David Roberts (1850), shows the city burning. Early thermal weapons, which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories, were employed in warfare during the classical and medieval periods (approximately the 8th century BC until the mid-16th century AD).
April 6 – Shirley Towers fire in Southampton, England, killed two firefighters. [231] September 10 – 2010 San Bruno explosion in San Bruno, California, six-alarm fire from a gas main killed eight and destroyed dozens of homes. November 15 – 2010 Shanghai fire, China, [232] high-rise apartment building fire killed at least 53.
In the Middle Ages, towns were fortified with town walls in their defense. From the 19th century fortifications were built near the border at strategically important pass crossings and train tunnels. Basel-Kleinhüningen, former French Kleinhüningen Fortress with Rhine bridgehead on the former Schusterinsel (silted up) Bern; Fortification ...
Although from the 15th century the Gothic style was replaced by Renaissance architecture, marking the end of the Middle Ages and medieval architecture, there were Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival movements in the nineteenth century. [4] Both religious and secular examples of medieval Gothic architecture survive, notably a number of cathedrals.