Basilisk Fountain

Basilisk Fountain is a work of art in Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland. Basilisk Fountain is situated nearby to the square Hermann Hesse-Platz, as well as near the public building Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Basel-Stadt.

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Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Description: fountain at Oberer Rheinweg/Reverenzgässlein in Basel

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basel Minster and Natural History Museum of Basel.

Basel Minster

Church

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Basel Minster is a religious building in the Swiss city of Basel, 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. Basel Minster is situated 280 metres south of Basilisk Fountain.

Natural History Museum of Basel

Museum

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Natural History Museum Basel is a natural history museum in Basel, Switzerland that houses wide-ranging collections focused on the fields of zoology, entomology, mineralogy, anthropology, osteology and paleontology. Natural History Museum of Basel is situated 270 metres southwest of Basilisk Fountain.

Kunstmuseum Basel

Museum

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The Kunstmuseum Basel houses the oldest public art collection in the world and is generally considered to be the most important museum of art in Switzerland. Kunstmuseum Basel is situated 510 metres south of Basilisk Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basel and Rosental.

Basel

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One of Switzerland's underrated tourist destinations, Basel has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a fascinating carnival, and several world class art museums built by architects like Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Herzog & De Meuron.