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The Basel Town Hall. The Basel Town Hall (German: Rathaus Basel, locally known as Roothuus) is a 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel, Switzerland. The Town Hall houses the meetings of the Cantonal Parliament as well as the Cantonal Government of the canton of Basel-Stadt.
Business Insider's author spent six days in Basel, Switzerland, discovering art and nearby French towns and embarking on epic hikes. A Swiss town borders 2 other countries, making it the ideal ...
Airline, part of Swiss International Air Lines, defunct 2018 P D Swiss International Air Lines: Consumer services Airlines Basel: 2002 Airline, part of Lufthansa: P A Swiss Life: Financials Life insurance Zürich: 1857 Life insurance P A Swiss National Bank: Financials Banks Bern: 1906 Central bank S A Swiss Post: Industrials Delivery services ...
Traditional Swiss farm and village house design depended on a number of factors including the local climate, type of agriculture, materials available, local tradition and location. Each region in Switzerland developed their own style of vernacular architecture to meet these factors.
As a direct consequence of the Swabian War, resolved by the 1499 Treaty of Basel, Basel and the Imperial City of Schaffhausen joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501, as the confederacy's 11th and 12th states, with Appenzell following suit 12 years later to complete the Dreizehn Orte that made up Switzerland until the French Revolutionary Wars.
The Treaty of Basel ended the war and granted the Swiss confederates exemptions from the emperor Maximillian's taxes and jurisdictions, separating Switzerland de facto from the Holy Roman Empire. [43] On 9 June 1501, Basel joined the Swiss Confederation as its eleventh canton. [44] It was the only canton that was asked to join, not the other ...
Or, as the video puts it, these illustrations make it easier for viewers to "wake up and realize that the reality in this country is not at all what we think it is." 22 Photos TOSHIBA R500 G500
In 1999, a new hall with 36.000 sq-m of exhibition space was added. The year 2000 saw an increase of 6% in trade visitors. In 2003 the show was again renamed to Baselworld, The Watch and Jewellery Show. In 2004, with the introduction of a new hall complex, the exhibition area extended to 160.000 square meters, and attracted more than 89.000 ...