Zürich - Fraumünster at sunset by Mark Sukhija

By: Mark Sukhija

Zürich - Fraumünster at sunset

The Fraumünster (Fraumunsterstrasse, Zurich) was once the political centre of Zürich and the abbess had many prominent medieval rights - including the right to mint coins. This, of course, led to much rivalry with the Monastry which was attached to Grossmünster - men being the lesser of the two sexes.

In the post-reformation environment, the Convent was abolished and feudals rights taken over by the new secular authorities.

These days, Fraumünster (Fraumunsterstrasse, Zurich) is probably more famed as the home of windows by Marc Chagall (installed in 1970) which are best seen in morning light.

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About Mark Sukhija

Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook