Canton of Basel-City
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Basel Minster

Basel Minster is a religious building in the city of , originally a Roman Catholic cathedral and today a Reformed Protestant church. The original cathedral was built between 1019 and 1500 in Romanesque and Gothic styles.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Protestant
  • Description: church
  • Also known as: “Basel Münster”, “Basler Muenster”, and “Basler Münster”
  • Address: Münsterplatz 9, Basel, 4051
  • Roof shape: gabled
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kunstmuseum Basel and Pisoni-Brunnen.

Museum
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The houses the oldest public art collection in the world and is generally considered to be the most important museum of art in . is situated 300 metres southeast of Basel Minster.

Historic site
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is a historic site.

Museum
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Natural History Museum Basel is a natural history museum in , that houses wide-ranging collections focused on the fields of zoology, entomology, mineralogy, anthropology, osteology and paleontology. is situated 200 metres northwest of Basel Minster.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosental and Basel-Gundeldingen.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Canton of Basel-Landschaft in . It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of . is situated 3 km southwest of Basel Minster.

Basel Minster

Latitude
47.55642° or 47° 33′ 23″ north
Longitude
7.5923° or 7° 35′ 32″ east
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
Levels
4
Open location code
8FV9HH4R+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 137472252
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­protestant
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
8299789
Wiki­data ID
Q666479
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Basel Minster” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية بازل”
  • Armenian: “Բազելի տաճար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bazel monastırı”
  • Basque: “Basileako katedrala”
  • Belarusian: “Базельскі сабор”
  • Belarusian: “Кафедральны сабор Базеля”
  • Catalan: “Basler Münster”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Basilea”
  • Chinese: “巴塞尔主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “巴塞尔大教堂”
  • Chinese: “巴塞爾主教座堂”
  • Czech: “Basilejská katedrála”
  • Czech: “Katedrála v Basileji”
  • Danish: “Basler Münster”
  • Dutch: “Munster van Bazel”
  • Dutch: “Münster van Bazel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه بازل”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Bazelo”
  • French: “Cathedrale de Bale”
  • French: “cathédrale de Bâle”
  • French: “Cathédrale de Bâle”
  • Georgian: “ბაზელის საკათედრო ტაძარი”
  • German: “Baseler Münster”
  • German: “Basler Münster”
  • Hebrew: “הקתדרלה של בזל”
  • Indonesian: “Basel Minster”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Basilea”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Basilea”
  • Italian: “Duomo di Basilea”
  • Italian: “Münster di Basilea”
  • Japanese: “バーゼル大聖堂”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Basler Münster”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Basler Münster”
  • Polish: “Katedra bazylejska”
  • Polish: “Katedra w Bazylei”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный собор Базеля”
  • Slovenian: “Baselski Münster”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Basilea”
  • Swedish: “Basler Münster”
  • Swiss German: “Basler Münster”
  • Tagalog: “Basel Minster”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Basler Münster”
  • Turkish: “Basel Katedrali”
  • Turkish: “Basel Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Кафедральний собор у Базелі”
  • Western Frisian: “Munster fan Basel”

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