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The medieval
Basler Münster,
looming over
Munsterplatz

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Basel’s ethnographic museum, Museum
der Kulturen (p180), contains an
extensive collection, including some
R H E I N S P R U N G
oustanding examples of Pre-Columbian Did You Know?
South American sculpture.
Basler Münster was
destroyed by the Basel
Augustinergasse (p180), a Earthquake in 1356
street lined with picturesque and later rebuilt.
houses and mansions, runs
along the excarpment on the
south bank of the Rhine.
M A R T I N S G A S S E
Basler Münster (p182),
Basel’s magnificent medieval
cathedral, dominates the
A U G U S T I N E R G A S S E
city from an elevated
terrace above the Rhine.

M ü NS TER –
PL ATZ R I T T E R G A S S E

Münsterplatz, the
cathedral square,
overlies the site
S T R E I T G A S S E of a Roman camp.
M ü N S T E R G A S S E
Housed in a former Franciscan
church, the Historisches
Museum (p179) illustrates
the history of Basel, with
particular emphasis on life in
the city during the Middle Ages.

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