Basilisk Fountain

Basilisk Fountain is a work of art in , . Basilisk Fountain is situated nearby to the art gallery , as well as near .
Photo: Zwantzig, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: fountain at St. Jakobs-Strasse, Basel
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Jakobs Memorial and Basel SBB Railway Station.

Memorial
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The is a statue originally erected in 1824 in the Canton Basel, Switzerland in memory of the fallen Swiss soldiers in the Battle of St.Jakob at the Birs of 1444.

Railway station
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is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854 but rebuilt in 1907, it is Europe's busiest international border station: owned by Swiss Federal Railways and partly operated by France's . is situated 690 metres west of Basilisk Fountain.

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 790 metres north of Basilisk Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basel-Gundeldingen and Rosental.

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 Basel-Country in . is situated 2½ km east of Basilisk Fountain.

Basilisk Fountain

Latitude
47.54785° or 47° 32′ 52″ north
Longitude
7.59882° or 7° 35′ 56″ east
Inception
1918
Open location code
8FV9GHXX+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4196575491
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­drinking_water
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­drinking_fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­drinking_fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q72951034
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