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Basel Old Town

Altstadt in Basel

Basel - swiss town at the junction of the borders of three countries: Switzerland, Germany and France, on the river Rhine. The beginning of the town dates back to 500 BC, when Celtic tribe August Rauric settle in this place on the Rhine and since then it evolves and grows in rich town. Proper town center is in the old town of Basel around the Market Square and the City Hall of the fourteenth century. With the Town Hall, bargain and cathedral is one of the best preserved in Europe. City Hall (Rathaus) was built in 1504-1514 in honor of the accession of Basel in the Swiss Confederation (1501). Around for centuries are spread stalls full of goodies - mostly tourists moving nostrils cheeses. On the corner where the Marktplatz combined with Sattelgasse, there is a starting five historic routes, each of which bears the name of another citizen?s historic center, for example Erasmus from Rotterdam or Hans Holbein. Romanesque-Gothic cathedral M?nster is the most precious architectural monument, which dominates the city.

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