Zurich, CH
The Manesse Codex
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. The earliest written record of the town dates from the 2nd century, with a tombstone referring to it as the Statio Turicensis Quadragesima Galliarum. The Romans built a castellum on the Lindenhof and later established Turicum, a tax-collecting point for goods trafficked on the Limmat, which marked part of the border between Gallia Belgica and Raetia. The Manesse Codex, a significant collection of medieval German poetry, was commissioned by the Manesse family of Zurich and meticulously copied and illustrated in the city between 1304 and 1340.
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