Historic site · Basel, Canton of Basel-Stadt
Basel Town Hall
Rathaus Basel
Basel Town Hall is the Rathaus on the Marktplatz in Basel, built from 1504 and extended around 1900, where the canton of Basel-Stadt's government and Grand Council meet.
Why go
Basel Town Hall is the Rathaus at Marktplatz 9 in Basel, which the canton of Basel-Stadt's own pages call the political centre of the canton. They say the main building with three arcades and the government council chamber was built in 1504 to 1514 after Basel joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501, and that the tower and the broad wing on its left were added in 1899 to 1901. The canton's visitor page (in German, translated here) says the building has limited public access: it can be seen on a guided tour booked through Basel Tourismus, and sittings of the Grand Council are public, with no registration needed for individuals. The same page says the tower room is not open to the public but can be visited on request as part of a special tour.
Near Basel Town Hall
Church
Basel Minster
Basel Minster is the red sandstone church with two towers on Münsterplatz in Basel, the church of the Protestant Münster parish whose building history reaches back to a Carolingian minster.
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Fortress
Spalentor
The Spalentor is a former gate of Basel's medieval town wall on the Spalenvorstadt, one of three town gates that survive in the city.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Gallery
Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel is the museum of Basel's public art collection, shown in three buildings: the Hauptbau on St. Alban-Graben, the Neubau across the street and the Gegenwart for contemporary art.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Gallery
Museum Tinguely
Museum Tinguely is the museum of the kinetic sculptor Jean Tinguely on the Rhine in Basel, opened in 1996 in a building by Mario Botta.
2 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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