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Mertens. Cleverly, they modeled the fresh lake level terrain wrested from and the park in the style of the late garden laid, and succeeded in the picturesque grouping of trees. The scientific concept is rounded off by a rock collection, as well as the first alpine panorama of Zurich. The trees of the so-called
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253:Quaianlagen
237:Zurich Tram
214:Quaianlagen
210:Lake Zurich
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169:public park
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80:Coordinates
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1156:Categories
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1110:Zürichhorn
1100:Wahlenpark
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667:being the
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459:Aphrodite
370:Ash trees
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161:Arboretum
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597:towards
467:New York
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