Zurich City's History - Switzerland
The Roman conquerors founded the < Turicum> trading post on the beautiful periglacial landscape, majestically carved out by the Linth glacier which once covered the region between Uetilberg and Lake Zurich. This area is now known as the Lindenhof - today's public fairgrounds with its extraordinary view of the old town and on the Limmat River banks. According to legend, the Roman Christian martyrs Felix and Regula, became the patron saints of Zurich, thus, being immortalized in the Zurich's City seal. Who governed Zurich? In 1336, it was a council of organized guilds. These guilds began the legendary spring celebration <Sechselauten> a day of festivities that determines whether a good or bad summer follows winter. Zurich joined in the alliance with confederacy core members in 1351. Zurich became the axis of the Swiss Reformation movement in 1519. Zurich became the axis of the Swiss Reformation movement in 1519 under Huldrych Zwingli. 18...