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One of Switzerland's underrated tourist destinations, Basel has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a fascinating carnival, and several world class art museums built by architects like Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Herzog & De Meuron.
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One of Switzerland's underrated tourist destinations, Basel has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a fascinating carnival, and several world class art museums built by architects like Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Herzog & De Meuron. Basel is also rich in architecture old and new, with a Romanesque Münster (cathedral), a Renaissance Rathaus, and various examples of high quality contemporary architecture, including more buildings by Herzog & De Meuron, Richard Meier, Diener & Diener, and various others.
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Cultural · Varies · Basel's medieval cathedral is situated on a hill high above river Rhine which has been inhabited even before the Age of Romans. The Romans had a fortress on this hill. The bishopric of Basel was founded in 343, his original residence was at Augusta Raurica, a large Roman military camp some ...
Cultural · 1-2 hours · Kunstmuseum Basel St. Alban-Graben 8 CH-4010 Basel Tel.
Cultural · Varies · Benoît, our expert in means of transport, took reservations for the discovery, certainly short but very pleasant, of the Rhine crossing, from one bank to another, in the medieval city of Basel, in German-speaking Switzerland. It’s history to use one of the four ferries, or Färhen, that ...
Outdoor · Varies · Das Kölner Label rheinschauen setzt in seiner Schmucklinie seit 2011 auf eine klare Formensprache. Der Kreis in Stahl - als Ring, Kette, Armband, Ohrring oder Manschettenknopf. Mit einem historischen Add-on: Landkarte, Wörterbuch, Briefmarke oder Notenblatt.
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