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On the sign:
MÜNSTERHÄUSER
1857-1859 ERBAUTE DER ZÜRCHER ARCHITEKT WILHELM WASER (1811-18661 DEN AUS VIER WOHN- UND GE-SCHAFTSHAUSERN BESTEHENDEN GEBÄUDEKOMPLEX ANSTELLE DES MITTELALTERLICHEN HOTTINGERTURMS UND DES STÄDTISCHEN SALZHAUSES.
DER KOMPAKTE BAU IST IN ZURÜCKHALTENDER KLASSI-ZISTISCHER FORMENSPRACHE GESTALTET MIT EINEM MEZZANINGESCHOSS MIT KLEEBLATTFORMIGEN FENSTERN UND SCHLICHTEM ZAHNSCHNITTFRIES.
DIE VIER RELIEFS DER HAUSECKEN AM LIMMATQUAI STELLEN DIE SAGE VON KARL DEM GROSSEN UND DER SCHLANGE DAR.
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Translation of the text on the sign: MÜNSTER HOUSES
IN 1857-1859, THE ZURICH ARCHITECT WILHELM WASER (1811-18661) BUILT THE BUILDING COMPLEX CONSISTING OF FOUR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN PLACE OF THE MEDIEVAL HOTTINGER TOWER AND THE MUNICIPAL SALT HOUSE.
THE COMPACT BUILDING IS DESIGNED IN A RESTRAINED CLASSICAL DESIGN LANGUAGE WITH A MEZZANINE FLOOR WITH CLOVER-SHAPED WINDOWS AND A SIMPLE DENTIFICATION FRIEZE.
THE FOUR RELIEFS ON THE CORNERS OF THE HOUSES ON LIMMATQUAI (STREET) REPRESENT THE LEGEND OF CHARLES THE GREAT AND THE SNAKE.
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