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1615 Basel Muensterplatz

Drawing: View of the City of Basel, Switzerland at around  the year of 1615

1615 Basel Muensterplatz

From Wikipedia: The town of Basel was called Basilea or Basilia in Latin and this name is documented from 374 AD. Since the donation of the Abbey Moutier-Grandvalto and all its possessions to Bishop Adalbero II in 999 till the Reformation, Basel was ruled by prince-bishops. In 1019 the construction of the cathedral of Basel (known locally as the Münster) began under German Emperor Heinrich II.

 

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