Series of fortifications surrounding the center of Basel, Switzerland
Map of Basel city walls
The Basel city walls are a complex of walls surrounding the central part of the Swiss city of Basel, only partially preserved today. The first city wall was completed around 1080 under bishop Burkhard von Fenis. A newer wall was constructed around 1230, which is known as the Inner Wall. Its course was mostly identical to the Burkhard wall. In 1362 the construction of a larger wall complex began due to the city's expansion; it was completed in 1398, and is known as the Outer Wall. In 1859 the city's executives decided to raze the inner wall and gates to the ground. Three outer city gates and a short piece of the wall were saved from demolition and are being preserved as part of the city's heritage.
Basel city walls are a complex ofwalls surrounding the central part of the Swiss city ofBasel, only partially preserved today. The first city wall was...
decorated with fine murals on the outer walls and on the wallsof the inner court. Basel is also host to an array of buildings by internationally renowned...
Basel Minster (German: Basler Münster) is a religious building in the Swiss city ofBasel, originally a Catholic cathedral and today a Reformed Protestant...
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station in the Basel metropolitan area, within the city walls. Basel thereby became the first Swiss city to be connected to the new means of transport. After...
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The Basel tramway network (German: Basler Strassenbahn-Netz) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Basel, Switzerland...
The Basel Town Hall (German: Rathaus Basel, locally known as Roothuus) is a 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel, Switzerland. The...
Basel Badischer Bahnhof (Basel Baden Railway station; abbreviated Basel Bad) is a railway station in the Swiss city ofBasel 2 km south of the Germany–Switzerland...
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city ofBasel has been home to three Jewish communities. The medieval community thrived at first but ended violently with the Basel massacre of 1349....
The following is a timeline of the history of the city ofBasel (or Basle, in the once-preferred English spelling). Established in the 4th century, the...
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pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland. Consistently ranked in the global top five, Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies...
The Basel Historical Museum (German: Historisches Museum Basel) is one of the largest and most important museums of its kind in Switzerland and a heritage...
A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term brick denotes...
The 2006 Basel hooligan incident (often called "Disgrace ofBasel") occurred on 13 May 2006 in Basel, Switzerland. On that day hooligans supporting the...
Fondation Beyeler, with its museum in Riehen, near Basel (Switzerland), owns and oversees the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, which features modern...
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