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The plan is extremely detailed, showing the aspect of every house, and is a unique historical source for the condition of the city in the 16th century. Zürich had essentially preserved its medieval (13th-century) aspect until that time (except for the frequent replacement of earlier wooden buildings
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Der uralten wytbekannten Statt Zurych gestalt und gelaegenhait / wie sy zuo diser zyt in waesen / ufgerissen und in grund gelegt / durch Josen Murer / und durch Christoffel Froschaower / zuo Eeren dem Vatterland getruckt / Im M.D.LXXVI.
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The plan looks east over the city (north to the left), with the moat at the bottom of the plan corresponding to the present
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by stone houses), and major expansions and city planning began only in the 17th century, with the addition of
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Western and southern areas around the city of Zürich on the so-called
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