. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . trial Museum (chieflv modernobjects; open 9-12 and 2-6; closed on Tues.), the Library, an$ Reading Room. On the right bank of the Limmat, in the Weinberg-Strasse,rises the new Roman Catholic Liebfrauen-Kirche (PI. I, 4, 5), ahandsome basilica in the Romanesque style, with an isolated tower(adm. 50 c.; from the gallery a good survey of the town). In AuBsersihl (PI. G, H, I, 1,2), a quarter on the left bank ofthe Sihl mainly occupied by artizans (electric tramway, see p. 42),are the Military Depot of
. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol : handbook for travellers . trial Museum (chieflv modernobjects; open 9-12 and 2-6; closed on Tues.), the Library, an$ Reading Room. On the right bank of the Limmat, in the Weinberg-Strasse,rises the new Roman Catholic Liebfrauen-Kirche (PI. I, 4, 5), ahandsome basilica in the Romanesque style, with an isolated tower(adm. 50 c.; from the gallery a good survey of the town). In AuBsersihl (PI. G, H, I, 1,2), a quarter on the left bank ofthe Sihl mainly occupied by artizans (electric tramway, see p. 42),are the Military Depot of Canton Zurich, including barracks and anarsenal, and the Sihlfeld Cemetery, with a crematorium (adm. 1 fr.). The Botanic Garden (PI. F, 2; entr. in the Pelikan-Strasse),stocked with Alpine and other plants, contains bronze busts of de Candolle (d. 1841) and C. Gessner (d. 1565), and marblebusts of H. Zollinger, a Swiss botanist (d. in Java, 1859), andOs-waldUeer(d. 1883), the naturalist. The Katx, an old bastion, formsa lofty platform planted with trees.—To theW. andE. of the Botanic. UeWberg. ZURICH. I. Route ;3. 49 Garden bridges cross the Schanzengraben to the Selnau Station forthe Uetliberg and Sihltal Railways (PI. F, 1; see below and p 50) On the Ziirichberg, I1/4 M. to the S. E. of Zurich (electric andcable tramway, see p. 42), are the Waldhaus Bolder Restaurant& Pension (p. 41) and (8 min. farther up) the large *Dolder GrandHotel (2130; R. 3-10, B. 1% dfl. 4, D. 6, pens, from 121/* ft.; closedin winter), with extensive grounds and charming view of the lakeand the Alps. Golf course of nine holes. Attractive walks may be taken through the woods to the fl/, hr Ifores era house of Adluberg (2100; restaurant), the (A hr.) Loorenkopf(AJOD; view), and other points. Farther to the N. on the Ziirichberg;, above the pleasant new RigiQuarter, is the Rigibhck Restaurant (1950), reached from the Parade-Platzby electric and cable tramway in 1/2 hr. (p. 42). In the vicinity are
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