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Rocks
Rocks
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Rocks

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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Ausstellungsstrasse 60
8031 Zurich
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Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 94
8031 Zurich
Pavillon Le Corbusier
Höschgasse 8
8008 Zürich
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At the edge of the path you’ll see some large rocks embedded in the grass. They also date back to the first Swiss National Exhibition of 1883. For this event an artificial cave was built here, by this hill. Inside was a major visitor attraction – a large aquarium with fish. After the exhibition the cave remained here for a couple of decades. It was finally demolished in 1904, and a few of its stones were placed here.

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Image credits

Fotografie, Schroppen
Abbildung: Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

Fotografie, Aquarium, Landesausstellung 1883, Zürich
Abbildung: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotografie: Romedo Guler