basel switzerland weather Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/basel-switzerland-weather Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:35:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Travel to Basel Switzerland http://toursmaps.com/travel-basel-switzerland.html http://toursmaps.com/travel-basel-switzerland.html#respond Sat, 25 Jun 2016 08:28:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=206745 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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