Canton of Basel-City
Basel-Stadt
Basel

Gate of Saint Alban

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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kunstmuseum Basel and St. Jakob-Park.

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 620 metres west of Gate of Saint Alban.

Stadium
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is a Swiss sports stadium in . It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. is situated 2 km southeast of Gate of Saint Alban.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 230 metres northwest of Gate of Saint Alban.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basel-Gundeldingen and Rosental.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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

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

Gate of Saint Alban

Latitude
47.55324° or 47° 33′ 12″ north
Longitude
7.60321° or 7° 36′ 12″ east
Open location code
8FV9HJ33+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 100700024
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­gatehouse
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q392077
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tosk Albanian—“Gate of Saint Alban” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣奥尔本门”
  • Chinese: “聖奧爾本門”
  • German: “St. Alban-Tor”
  • German: “St.-Alban-Tor”
  • Swiss German: “S Dalbedoor”
  • Tosk Albanian: “St. Alban-Tor”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sandkasten St. Alban Tor and St. Alban-Tor Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gate of Saint Alban”. Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.