Government Square (Chur)
The government square in the Graubünden canton capital Chur is located between Reichsgasse and Vazerolgasse in the eastern part of the old town.
The square is dominated by the Gray House , which was built in 1752 and served as the seat of the government of the Old Rhaetian Free State. Today the State Chancellery and the meeting room of the Government Council as the Graubünden executive are housed here. The gray house is also called the new building to distinguish it from the old building at Fontanapark .
The square owes its existence to the fact that the 14 houses and stables that used to stand there burned down in 1829. Instead of rebuilding it, the government square was laid out there.
In the center of the government square is the obelisk-like Vazerol monument , which commemorates the year 1471, the date on which the Three Leagues merged in Vazerol near Brienz / Brinzauls in central Grisons . Accordingly, the memorial is designed as a three-sided sculpture: each side is dedicated to one of the fractions (the Church of God, the Upper or Gray League and the Ten Court Association). A similar, albeit smaller, monument can be found in Chur on the fountain of Majoranplatz .
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Vazerol monument
The Gray House ( New Building ) as seen from Government Square
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Chur Online: Places. Retrieved May 25, 2017 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 50 '59.7 " N , 9 ° 31' 59.8" E ; CH1903: 759,738 / 190886