Switzerland Zurich University Irchel, 1973 (b/w photo)

On 8 December 1973, on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone for the first stage of the new buildings of the University of Zurich on the Strickhofareal, the University Rector Alfred Niggli, centre, and the Government Councils, Alfred Gilgen, right, and A. Guenthard, left, sank an urn into the ground on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone for the first stage of the new buildings of the University of Zurich on the Strickhofareal. The urn contains plans, models and voting results for the University of Zurich Irchel, the new branch of the University.