Basel, Switzerland
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What is Basel
The Museum of Cultures Basel (Ger. ''Museum der Kulturen Basel'') is a Swiss museum of ethnography with large and important collections of artifacts, especially from the South Pacific, Mesoamerica, Tibet, and Bali. The museum was built in 1849 to house collections that had been brought to Basel from throughout the world (...)
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"Basel is an interesting arty city, split up by the river Rhine and its medieval past is endowed with some of the greatest minds of European history, including Erasmus, Ulrich Zwingli and later Friedrich Nietzsche and Hermann Hesse."
world66.com
"Make sure to sit on the left side (in running direction) of the train, so you can have a nice view of the river Rhine."
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"Located in north-west Switzerland on the river Rhine ,Basel functions as a major industrial centre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry."
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"Right along the shores of river Rhine, the "Altstadt" and the "Medienhafen" are among the most decent places in Germany to enjoy a vibrant nightlife."
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"Basel's cathedral was finally completed in 1500 and in 1501 the city defacto broke from the Holy Roman empire and joined the Swiss Confederation."
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"In 1501 Basel de facto separated from the Holy Roman Empire and joined the Swiss Confederation as 11th canton, [8] and began the construction of the city council building."
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"At the battle of Morgarten in 1315 the Swiss defeated the Hapsburg army and secured quasi-independence within the German Empire as the Swiss Confederation."
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"The death of the Habsburg ruler Rudolf I in AD 1291 led to the formation of the Swiss Confederation."
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"After Basel joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501, it became a Protestant region."
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"The city's position on the Rhine long emphasised its importance: Basel for many centuries possessed the only bridge over the river "between Lake Constance and the sea"."
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"From here it is a short journey to Lake Constance and the city of Konstanz, or to see the Rhein Waterfall at Neuhausen in."
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"Switzerland can also be reached by lake steamer ferries from Germany via Lake Constance, from Italy via Lake Maggiore and from France via Lake Geneva."
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"The Swiss plateau, set between the Jura and Alps mountain chains and extending from Lake Geneva in the southwest to Lake Constance in the northeast, represents about 30% of the country's surface area."
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