Zrich IPA [?tsyr?] (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zrich. The city is Switzerland’s main commercial centre and home to the country’s largest airport. It is also home of the Cabaret Voltaire where the Dada movement began in 1916.
The origin of the name is most likely the Celtic word Turus, a corroborating reference to which was found on a tomb inscription dating from the Roman occupation in the second century AD. The Roman name for the town was Turicum and in the local dialect Zrich German it is called Zri IPA.
Geography
The city is situated where the river Limmat leaves Lake Zrich and is surrounded by wooded hills. The river Sihl meets with the Limmat at the end of Platzspitz, which borders the Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum).
History
Numerous lake-side settlements from the Neolithic and Bronze age have been found, such as those in the Zrich Pressehaus and Zrich Mozartstrasse. The settlements were found in the 1800s, submerged in Zurichsee, or Lake Zurich.
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