At age 33 Huldrych Zwingli in the 1500s initiated the Reformation in Switzerland as Martin Luther had done in Germany. Down came the Roman Catholic paintings and statues: simplicity supplanted the ornate. Zurich became a religious center.
This is Grossmunster which was founded in the 9th century by Charlemagne on the site where three martyrs, the patrons saints of Zurich, were thought to be buried. Charlemagne's statue graces this tower.
The church's statuary surprises contemporary visitors who expect religious figures and discover musicians, horses, and even a two-bodied creature instead.
Voila!
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