Schipfe
Old boatmen's landing turned cobbled lane of craft workshops and galleries along the river.
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This guide to the Schipfe, the riverside lane along the Limmat in Zurich, starts at a small plaque in the river wall and an afternoon in January 1527, when a Zurich man named Felix Manz was led out of his prison. It also looks at the working waterfront behind you, with its boatmen and the old house names along the row. Best heard standing at the river wall across from number forty-three.
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