General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
City or town hall |
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Awards and Distinctions
Location
| Location: |
Basel, Basel-Town, Switzerland |
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| Coordinates: | 47° 33' 29.88" N 7° 35' 17.99" E |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
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.
The Great Council Chamber at one time featured a series of frescoes painted in 1522 by Hans Holbein the Younger, which have been lost. Fragments of the work as well as some of the initial drawings are kept in the Kunstmuseum.
"Rathaus" literally means "council house" while the term "Roothus" in the local Basel German dialect means both "council house" but also sounds like "red house", a pun with reference to the red sandstone facade of the building.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Basel Town Hall" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20033904 - Published on:
01/01/2008 - Last updated on:
23/03/2022
