Zürich

Abstract

International audienceZurich has been continuously inhabited for more than 2,000 years and was established by the Romans under the name Turicum. Early settlements, however, may be traced back more than 6,400 years.Under the direction of Huldrych Zwingli, Zürich attained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy throughout the Middle Ages, and in 1519, it became a key hub of the Protestant Reformation in Europe