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building's substance was saved; for example, almost the entire
Romanesque transept remained. Historical events explain that change. The revolution of 1336 that Rudolf Brun and his entourage brought to power was followed by a period of economic uncertainty reaching its peak with the plague of 1348/49, the persecution and killing of the Jewish citizens of the so-called
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by attributing them free plots in the suburbs and asking them to support the city wall construction. The city's fortification was built in the east of the area in the late 11th or 12th century. The first
Dominican friars settled, according to the chronicler Heinrich Brennwald, outside of the city
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sanatory was built. The convent buildings were sold in 1873 to the city of Zurich, which used it to house destitute citizens. But the old convent building burned down on 25 June 1887, its ruins were dismantled in the same year, and the open space was used for celebrations.
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lanes are evident, and especially the latter is essential for this quarter; it leads from
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