Grossmünster
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The Grossmünster is a Romanesque-style Swiss Reformed Church in Zurich, Switzerland. It is one of the four major churches in the city. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of
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Zwingli on the bronze doors by Otto Münch (1935)
Capitals with grotesques in the grand south portal
Statuary relief of Heinrich Bullinger on the southern exterior wall
Felix and Regula
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Felix and Regula are Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saints. They are the patron saints of Zürich.
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…Limmat, throughout the Middle Ages. According to legend, the Grossmünster was founded by Charlemagne, whose horse fell to its knees over the tombs of Felix, Regula, and Exuperantius, Zurich’s patron saints. The legend helps support a claim of seniority over the Fraumünster, which was founded by Louis the German…
Jesus and Felix, Regula, Exuperantius, 1506
Wasserkirche church Crypt with 'Martyr stone', the supposed execution site
Felix & Regula in 'Stuttgarter Passionale' (1130)