Sechseläutenplatz is the largest town square situated in Zurich, Switzerland. Its name derives from the Sechseläuten, which is celebrated on the square in April.
Sechseläutenplatz as seen from the temporary pedestrian crossing towards Utoquai in June 2015
Locations of prehistoric settlements Alpenquai, Kleiner Hafner and Grosser Hafner
Entrance to the archaeological exhibition
Horgen culture, fragment of ceramics, Kleiner Hafner
Kleiner Hafner is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland.
Sechseläutenplatz
…parking facility uncovered the remains of prehistoric pile dwellings. Remains were found in the immediate vicinity of this wetland soil settlement, Kleiner Hafner, in the lower basin of Lake Zurich. The construction works were suspended for nine months and the settlement remains were systematically archaeologically…
The former site at the as of today Utoquai