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Basel (French: Bâle) is a city in the north of Switzerland. It is sometimes called Basle in English. Basel is the capital of the Swiss canton of Basel Stadt. It is surrounded by the Basel-Land canton. The city has a population of about 170,000 people.

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  • Nuremberg chronicles - BASILEA

    1493 woodcut of the City of Basle, from the Nuremberg Chronicle.

  • Merian Basel 1642

    Map of Basel in 1642, engraved by Matthäus Merian, oriented with SW at the top and NE at the bottom.

  • Theodor Herzl Addressing the Second Zionist Congress in Basel, 1898 AL003483697

    Second World Zionist Congress in Basel, 1898 (Stadtcasino)

  • MZA Chrischona4 retouched

    Basel (in the upper left corner) as seen from Bettingen (television tower St. Chrischona) facing France

  • Basel, straatzicht bij Sankt Alban Vorstadt 49a foto2 2013-07-20 18.30

    Schöneck (aka Beautiful Corner) Fountain from 1770 (rebuilt) on St. Alban-Vorstadt

  • Basler Synagoge(ws) retouched

    The synagogue of Basel

  • Rhine Rhein Basel 2006 871

    The Rhine in Basel

  • Basle Bahnhof Trainstation Switzerland

    Basel Bahnhof SBB, self-proclaimed "world's first international railway station."

  • River ferry (Basel, Switzerland)

    Cable ferry across the Rhine in Basel

  • Basel - Straßenbahnnetzplan

    Basel tram network

  • Basel-bvb-tram-15-schindler-879637

    Basel tram

  • Basel 2012-10-05 Batch (61)

    University Children's hospital Basel

  • Novartis-Campus-Forum-3-Basel Photo-copyright-Christian-Richters

    Novartis Campus Basel

  • Basel - Roche Tower - September 2015 11

    Roche Tower Basel (highest building in Switzerland)

  • ART Basel 2009-06-10

    Art Basel (2009)

  • Johann von Venningen Bischof Basel

    Inauguration ceremony of the University of Basel, 1460

  • Basel 2012-09-16 Batch (5)

    The Gymnasium Leonhard

  • Basel 2012-08 Mattes 1 (209)

    Tinguely's Carnival Fountain (Fasnachtsbrunnen)

  • Basel Elisabethenkirche innen

    Elisabethenkirche (inside)

  • Wildtsches Haus petersplatz

    Wildt'sches Haus, Petersplatz

  • Basel 2012-09-16 Batch (12)

    The Academy of Music of Basel - (Vorderer Rosengarten)

  • Fondation Beyeler 2011 B

    The Beyeler Foundation by Renzo Piano, located in Riehen

  • ZolliAntelopeHouse2

    The Antelope House at Zoo Basel

  • Museum der Kulturen 2008-03-30

    Museum of Cultures

  • Mittlere Brücke

    Mittlere Rheinbrücke (Central Rhine Bridge)

  • Basler Kunstmuseum

    Kunstmuseum Basel (Art Museum Basel)

  • Haus zum Kirschgarten 2008-03-30

    Haus zum Kirschgarten

  • Basel Barfüsserkirche Inneres 11-05-2008

    Former Franciscan Barefoot Order Church

  • Antikenmuseum Basel 2008-03-30

    Berri-Villen and Antikenmuseum Basel

  • Basel - Bank für internationalen Zahlungsausgleich3

    Bank for International Settlements

  • Basel, straatzicht Steinenberg-Sankt Alban Graben foto3 2013-07-27 09.48

    Steinenberg-Sankt Alban Graben

  • Basel, straatzicht Barfüssenplatz foto4 2013-07-27 10.01

    Barfüsserplatz

  • Basler - Basler Münster Westfassade

    Basler Münster

  • Munsterplatz, Basel, Switzerland

    Münsterplatz

  • Rathaus-004

    Rathaus, Basel's Town Hall

  • Basel, Wettsteinbrücke met kathedraal op de achtergrond foto10 2013-07-21 09.08

    Wettsteinbrücke


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