Monkey Fountain

Monkey Fountain is a historic site in Basel, Canton of Basel-City. Monkey Fountain is situated nearby to Andreasplatz, as well as near the archaeological site Andreaskapelle.

Photo: Julia Hottingen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel and Andreasplatz.

Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel

Museum

Photo: Mattes, CC BY 2.0 de.

The Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel shows in its permanent collection the history of medicinal remedies and their preparation. Designed as a collection of specimens for study purposes, the museum was founded in 1924 by Josef Anton Häfliger and has been preserved to this day in its original form as a 'scientific cabinet'.

Andreasplatz

Photo: Mattes, CC BY 2.0 de.

Stadthaus (ehemalige Post)

Public building

Photo: Mattes, CC BY 2.0 de.

Stadthaus (ehemalige Post) is a public building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosental and Basel-Gundeldingen.

Rosental

Suburb

Photo: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rosental is a suburb.

Basel-Gundeldingen

Suburb

Photo: Laloom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Basel-Gundeldingen is a suburb.

Binningen

Town

Photo: Daendy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Binningen is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of Basel. Binningen is situated 2½ km southwest of Monkey Fountain.

Monkey Fountain

Type: Historic site
Wheelchair access: no
Categories: fountain, drinking fountain, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-City, Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.55817° or 47° 33′ 29″ north

Longitude

7.58642° or 7° 35′ 11″ east

Open location code

8FV9HH5P+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6800668221

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=drinking_water

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=drinking_fountain

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=drinking_fountain

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

Wikidata ID

Q74407743

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In Other Languages

“Monkey Fountain” goes by many names.

German: “Affen-Brunnen”

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