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Overlooking the Limmat River in Zürich, Switzerland, Grossmünster Cathedral is one of the city's most impressive churches. Although its plump twin towers date from 1781 CE, the core of Grossmünster dates from the 11th century CE and sits on the site of an earlier Carolingian church dedicated to the memory of the Gallo-Roman martyrs Felix and Regula. Charlemagne is said to have founded the church when his horse tripped over their tombs. To the right of Grossmünster on the Limmat River stands the Wasserkirche ("Water Church" in German) where the martyrs Felix and Regula were executed and the Münsterbrücke bridge. In ancient and medieval times, Münsterbrücke was wooden.
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Wiener, J. B. (2018, December 17). Grossmunster and Wasserkirche in Zurich. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9738/grossmunster-and-wasserkirche-in-zurich/
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