Basilisk Fountain

Basilisk Fountain is a work of art in , . Basilisk Fountain is situated nearby to the apartment building , as well as near the community center .
Photo: Zwantzig, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: Fountain at Schaffhauserrheinweg, Basel

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kunstmuseum Basel and Basel Minster.

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 600 metres southwest of Basilisk Fountain.

Church
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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. is situated 740 metres west of Basilisk Fountain.

Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.
The Basel city walls are a complex of walls surrounding the central part of the Swiss city of , only partially preserved today. The first city wall was completed around 1080 under bishop Burkhard von Fenis. is situated 430 metres south of Basilisk Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosental and Basel-Gundeldingen.

Suburb
Photo: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Laloom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in .

Basilisk Fountain

Latitude
47.55702° or 47° 33′ 25″ north
Longitude
7.60212° or 7° 36′ 8″ east
Open location code
8FV9HJ42+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6660580883
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
Wiki­data ID
Q72951396
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