A row has broken out in Switzerland over a campaign poster from the nationalist Swiss People`s Party.
Kurt Fearnley of Australia overcame Marcel Hug of Switzerland with an outside move in the final stretch to win the 1500-meter wheelchair title in 3:26.30. The event is not officially sanctioned by the IAAF and the medal will not count towards Australia`s
Once billed as the "Switzerland of the East", attracting more than a million visitors a year, India`s restive Kashmir region is now struggling to lure tourists amidst a separatist insurgency by Islamic rebels. While foreigners are trickling back since the
Grossm?nster
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The Grossm?nster
The Grossm?nster ("great minster") is a Romanesque-style church that played an important role in the history of the Protestant Reformation. It is one of the three major churches of Z?rich (the others being the Fraum?nster and St. Peterskirche). The core of the present building near the banks of the Limmat River was constructed on the site of a Carolingian church originally commissioned by Charles the Fat[1]. Construction of the present structure commenced around 1100 and it was inaugurated around 1220.
The Grossm?nster was a monastery church, vying for precedence with the Fraum?nster across the Limmat throughout the Middle Ages. According to legend, the Grossm?nster was founded by Charlemagne, whose horse fell to its knees over the tombs of Felix and Regula, Z?rich's patron saints. The legend helps support a claim of seniority over the Fraum?nster, which was founded by Louis the German, Charlemagne's grandson. Recent archaeological evidence confirms the presence of a Roman burial ground at the site.
