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Freie Strasse, Basel (Switzerland) Freie Strasse is the oldest shopping street in the city of Basel, Switzerland. It was already used as a transportation and trade route towards the west during the time of the Roman settlement in Augusta Raurica around 44 BC. Today, it is considered one of the most important shopping streets in the city. [1] [2]
The Amazon sculpture by Carl Burckhardt, shown leading a horse, can be found by the Old Town Bridgehead. It was commissioned by the Basel art society and depicts a striding Amazon leading a horse . Burckhardt completed the plaster model for the statue, but succumbed to a short illness in 1923 before it was cast.
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 ...
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 ...
Among others, there is the Anatomical Museum of the University Basel, Berri-Villen and Museum of Ancient Art Basel and Ludwig Collection, Former Franciscan Barefoot Order Church and Basel Historical Museum, Company Archive of Novartis, Haus zum Kirschgarten which is part of the Basel Historical Museum, Historic Archive Roche and Industrial ...
The only canton sharing borders with Basel-Stadt is Basel-Landschaft to the south. To the north of Basel-Stadt are France and Germany, with the tripoint being in the middle of the Rhine. Together with Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt was part of the Canton of Basel, who joined the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1501. Political quarrels and armed ...
Boston Post Road or King's Highway First ride to lay out Post Road January 1, 1673. [2]San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line (1857–1861) San Antonio, Texas to San Diego, California
The Blue House The White House. The Blue and The White House (Blaues und Weisses Haus) are two town mansions in the city of Basel.. The semi-detached baroque mansions on the Rheinsprung 16 and 18 in Basel, also known as “The Reichensteinerhof” and “The Wendelstörferhof”, were built by the architect Samuel Werenfels for the brothers Lukas and Jakob Sarasin between 1763 and 1775.