Zizers
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Zizers is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
Zizers von Süden
The St. Johannesstift or Lower Castle Zizers
Aerial view from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1923)
Zita of Bourbon-Parma
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Zita of Bourbon-Parma was the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles. She ascended to these titles when her husband, Charles I, became the last monarch of Austria-Hu
Zizers
…Romansh: Zezras) is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons. Zizers is first mentioned in 824 as Zizuris. Of note, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of Austria-Hungary, died in Lower Castle Zizers where she had long resided. Zizers has an area, (as of the 2004/09 survey) of 11.01 km2…
Photograph by Carl Pietzner, 1911
Empress Zita of Austria painted by Theodor Mayerhofer, circa 1917.
The family of Robert I, Duke of Parma. From left to right, first row: Immacolata, Antonia, Isabella, Duke Robert, Henrietta, Luigi, Gaetano, Duchess Maria Antonia, Renato, Zita (sitting on the far right). From left to right, second row: Francesca, Pia, Luisa, Adelaide, Teresa, Joseph, Xavier, Henry, Sixtus, Felix. Villa Pianore, 1906.
The wedding of Zita and Charles, 21 October 1911