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Alfred Escher
Alfred Escher Review
Leave it to Zürich to have a statue that honors not a saint, not a poet or artist, but rather the financial wizard who single-handedly dragged Zürich into the modern age back in the mid-19th century. Escher (1819-82) established the city as a major banking center, championed the development of the federal railways and the city's university, and pushed through the construction of the tunnel under the St. Gotthard Pass.
- Address: In the middle of Bahnhofpl., Kreis 1, Zürich, 8001 | Map It
- Location: Left Bank: The Altstadt
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