Medieval Zurich: Nuns, Princesses & the Rise of a City

Join a guide to explore medieval Zurich and uncover how abbesses, royals and religious bodies built the city. Hear stories of faith, power and rivalry up to 1200.
Step back to the era of the Frankish kingdoms and medieval monasteries on this 2-hour small-group walking tour across Zurich’s Old Town. Trace how princess-abbesses, Benedictine nuns, and powerful monastic foundations shaped this riverside settlement into a thriving "Step into Zurich between the fall of Rome and the High Middle Ages. Follow your local guide to the Fraumünster and hear how kings, princesses, and powerful abbesses helped turn religious institutions into centers of wealth, influence, and urban life.

Continue to the Grossmünster, St. Peter's Church, and former monastic sites while your local guide tells stories of saints, rulers, monks, and medieval citizens. Discover how faith and political power competed and cooperated in shaping early Zurich.

Finish along the banks of the Limmat River, once vital to trade and daily life. Through your local guide's storytelling, uncover how monasteries, royal privilege, commerce, and belief laid the foundations for the city Zurich would become."

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