St. Alban

St. Alban is a church in Basel, Canton of Basel-City. St. Alban is situated nearby to Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart, as well as near Sammler fountain.

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Type: Church
Description: church in Basel, Switzerland
Also known as: “St. Alban Kirche”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kunstmuseum Basel and Gate of Saint Alban.

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 420 metres west of St. Alban.

Gate of Saint Alban

Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.

The Basel city walls are a complex of walls surrounding the central part of the Swiss city of Basel, only partially preserved today. The first city wall was completed around 1080 under bishop Burkhard von Fenis. Gate of Saint Alban is situated 230 metres southeast of St. Alban.

Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art

Museum

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Cartoonmuseum Basel is the only museum and centre of excellence in Switzerland devoted exclusively to the art of narrative drawing, be it in comics, graphic novels, comics reportage, cartoons, satirical drawings or animated films. Cartoonmuseum Basel – Centre for Narrative Art is situated 320 metres west of St. Alban.