Gate of Saint John
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.Photo: Wladyslaw Sojka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tram stop
- Description: tower
- Also known as: “St.Johanns-Tor”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Johanns-Park and Anatomical Museum Basel.
St. Johanns-Park
Park
Photo: EinDao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Johanns-Park is situated 130 metres north of Gate of Saint John.
Anatomical Museum Basel
Museum
Photo: EinDao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anatomical Museum Basel is situated 250 metres southwest of Gate of Saint John.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosental and Bourgfelden.
Bourgfelden
Suburb
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bourgfelden is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Gate of Saint John.
Saint-Louis
Photo: Comstagiaire SL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Louis is a city of 23,000 people in Alsace in the Grand-Est at the German and Swiss borders, just north of Basel. Saint-Louis is rich in cultural resources and fun activities.
Gate of Saint John
- Categories: tower, railway stop, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-City, Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.56665° or 47° 33′ 60″ northLongitude
7.58157° or 7° 34′ 54″ eastElevation
259 metres (850 feet)Operator
BLTOpen location code
8FV9HH8J+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2071861124OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=tram_stop
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tosk Albanian—“Gate of Saint John” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣约翰门”
- Chinese: “聖約翰門”
- French: “porte Saint-Jean”
- French: “St.-Johanns-Tor”
- German: “St. Johanns-Tor”
- German: “St.-Johanns-Tor”
- Swiss German: “S Santihansdoor”
- Tosk Albanian: “St. Johanns-Tor”
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