The convent once held great power in Zurich. The Grossmünster church building is owned by the Canton of Zürich, and the annex building being the former cloister, however, is in the property of the city of Zürich. In the first half of the 16th century, the religious revolution in the German-speaking part of Switzerland began in the Zurich Cathedral.
Originally, they had high wooden steeples, which were destroyed by fire in 1763, following which the present neo-Gothic tops were added (completed 1787). [9], Coordinates: 47°22′12″N 8°32′39″E / 47.37000°N 8.54417°E / 47.37000; 8.54417, Carolinum and Heritage site of national significance, Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich, Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, Old City Plan of Church depicting original spires, City Panorama of Zürich, shot in Winter 2004 from the tower of Grossmünster, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grossmünster&oldid=928771492, Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Zürich, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz place identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 December 2019, at 15:16. Today, the Cathedral has become part of the Theological Seminary of the University of Zurich. It is one of the four major churches in the city (the others being the Fraumünster, Predigerkirche and St. Peterskirche).
According to legend, Charlemagne discovered the tombs of the Zurich martyrdoms Felix and Regula, where a monastery for choir singers was built. Important architectural features include the Romanesque chancel and the high vaulted transept. Spend 2 and you can take a look at the clock tower.
The church now features modern stained-glass windows by Swiss artist Augusto Giacometti added in 1932. This church across the river from the Notre Dame Cathedral played a pivotal role in the Swiss Reformation in the 16th century.
The two towers of the originally Romanesque Grossmünster are Zurich’s landmark and they also offer a great view over Zurich, if you make it up the 187 narrow steps (5/2Sfr admission for the tower, open 10:00 - 17:30 (16:30 in winter), Sun 12:30 - … After the rebuilding in the 11th-13th centuries, you can see the statue of Carl the Great on the South Tower, but this is a replica, and the authentic collection is in the underground of the church.
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