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Map of Basel Switzerland

editor — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 07:45:00 +0000

BASEL With a total population of 173,000 Basle is Switzerland’s second largest city. It is situated at an old Rhine crossing between the Jura and the Black Forest. Both Germany and France are very close. The city consists of two parts. Gross-Basel (Greater Basle) the commercial and cultural center, and Klein-Basel (Little Basle), the industrial center! Basle’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry enjoys world-famous reputation. The other mam industries are electrical equipment and machinery. The famous Swiss Trade Fair takes place in Basle every year (April-May). The Basler Fasnacht (Carnival) is also very popular. Ltd was the registered owner and R.

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Sights and Attractions in Basel Switzerland

editor — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:03:00 +0000

SIGHTS Rathaus (Counril House, 1507-1513, arcaded main building, late Burgundian Gothic)-Minster – Basle’s landmark (oldest parts date from the late Romanesque period, also Gothic elements); St. Peter’s Church; Spalentor (1370, a fortfied gate, regarded as Switzerlands’s most beautiful town gate). It now faces a McDonalds! Across the bridge are onetime rubber works built in period brick, which are listed buildings and slowly being restored for other uses. Many other old buildings have disappeared, though, but many attractive flats are going up. After stagings on our side and then on the other there are very colourful flats. Bilsland Drive Aqueduct (1879)

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Travel to Basel Switzerland

editor — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 08:28:00 +0000

HISTORY In 374 Basilea, a Roman military station, was first mentioned in the records as a bishop’s seat. In 1225 the first bridge was built across the Rhine thus laying the foundations for the center of trade and commerce. In 1460 the University of Basle was founded by Pope Pius II. The famous Erasmus of Rotterdam made it the center of humanism. In 1501 a long conflict with the House of Habsburg ended and the town joined the Swiss Confederation. The Hudson’s Bay Company In the seventeenth century, the demand for furs was so great that white men traveled everywhere

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