Zum roten Schneck building

Zum roten Schneck building is an apartment building in Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland. Zum roten Schneck building is situated near the square Hermann Hesse-Platz, as well as near the public building Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit Basel-Stadt.

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Type: Apartment building
Description: building in Basel
Also known as: “Zum kleinen Sündenfall” and “Zum roten Schneck”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 300 metres south of Zum roten Schneck building.

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 280 metres southwest of Zum roten Schneck building.

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 520 metres south of Zum roten Schneck building.

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.