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 Church of Our Lady (Fraumunster)

Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
Church of Our Lady (Fraumunster) Of all the church spires that pierce Zürich’s skyline, the slender, blue spire of Fraumünster (Minster of Our Lady) is the most graceful. And it is best known for housing magnificent stained glass windows by Marc Chagall. A Benedictine convent was founded on this site in 853 by Emperor Ludwig (Louis the German), the grandson of Charlemagne. There was already a convent on the site, for how long w ...

 History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection

Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection Founded in 1787, the Künstlergesellschaft began to collect works of art in 1794. Every member donated either one of his or her own drawings or one by an artist towards what they termed a ‘Malerbuch’ – a painting book. In 1812 they took out a loan to acquire premises, which initially functioned as a club house and bar. Thank ...

 The Fraumunster and St Peter’s Church

Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
The Fraumunster and St Peter’s Church Church spires are a feature of Zurich and the souring Fraumunster is the most delicate. The church was established in the 13th century on a site that had been a convent for noblewomen since 853. The present church, however, has been modernized. From the outside, the building looks fairly unassuming but once inside, the world-famous modernistic stained-glass windows by Russian-born Marc Chagall spr ...

 The Eiffel Tower

Country: France
City: Paris
The Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower, an immense stucture of exposed latticework supports made of iron, was erected for the Paris Exposition of 1889. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of England) officiated at the ceremonial opening. Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, one was unanimously chosen, a radical creation from the French structural engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (b. Dec. 15, ...

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