ArtBasel is an international contemporary art contemporary art fair held each June in Basel , Switzerland ... Tom last Horan date June 28, 2004 accessdate April 25, 2010 ref ArtBasel features nearly 300 leading ... by Lorenzo Rudolf, the first ArtBasel was held in 1970 as an alternative to Art Cologne . In 1973, only three years after its founding, Basel superseded Cologne as the largest art show in the world ... world records Mammoth ArtBasel dwarfs world competition .html?cid 8654618 Mammoth ArtBasel dwarfs ... 2002, a sister exhibition, ArtBasel Miami Beach has been held in the USA at Miami , Florida . For both ..., ArtBasel aimed to include about 25 new galleries each year. ref cite news title In Olympics ... 17, 1999 accessdate October 24, 2011 ref UBS has been sponsoring ArtBasel since 1994, as well as its sister fair, ArtBasel Miami Beach, from its inception in 2002. Recent history In 2007, Annette Sch nholzer ..., 2007 url http www.artinfo.com news story 25212 artbasel announces new leadership team accessdate ... Basel and ArtBasel Miami Beach. ref citation title Cay Sophie Rabinowitz Out as Artistic Director of Art ... cay sophie rabinowitz out as artistic director of artbasel accessdate 2008 05 19 ref The owners of ArtBasel have just signed an agreement with Asian Art Fairs to purchase a majority stake in the Hong Kong fair ART HK. ref cite web url http www.artinfo.com news story 37631 artbasel expands its global reach with purchase of art hk title ArtBasel Expands its Global Reach with Purchase of ART HK publisher ARTINFO.com date May 6, 2011 accessdate October 24, 2011 ref ArtBasel Miami Beach ArtBasel ... is a sister event to ArtBasel in Switzerland. The Miami exhibition has been held annually since 2002 ... Basel Miami Beach boast that it has eclipsed the original ArtBasel in size and popularity, if not importance ... to many ArtBasel movie showings and expositions. Most art galleries and studios in the area host ... to Miami. ref cite news title ArtBasel draws a crowd, and hotels are selling out author ... more details
Image Museum Gegenwartskunst und plug in, Basel.jpg thumb Museum of Contemporary Art in Basel The Museum of Contemporary Art lang de Museum f r Gegenwartskunst in Basel opened in 1980 as the first public museum in Europe exclusively dedicated to the production and practice of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present. It is a Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance heritage site of national significance . ref Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance 1995 , p. 79. ref In addition to classic media such as painting and sculpture , it also collects video art . Focal points of the collection include the work of Joseph Beuys , Bruce Nauman , Rosemarie Trockel , Jeff Wall and current American art Robert Gober , Elizabeth Peyton , Matthew Barney . The Museum of Contemporary Art displays works of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation and the Kunstmuseum Basel . Since 2003, all holdings of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation that are not shown in the museum are housed in the Schaulager in Muttenz. Footnotes reflist External links http www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch en museum fuer gegenwartskunst Museum f r Gegenwartskunst website http www.museenbasel.ch en institution index.php?id 82 Basel museums website coord 47 33 26 N 7 35 27 E display title region CH BS type landmark Category Museums established in 1980 Category Museums in Basel Category Modern art museums Category Contemporary art galleries in Switzerland Category Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Basel Stadt de Museum f r Gegenwartskunst Basel es Museo de Arte Contempor neo Basilea fr Mus e d art contemporain B le it Museo d arte contemporanea Basilea ... more details
Image Kunsthalle Basel 2008 03 30.jpg thumb Kunsthalle Basel Since opening in 1872, Kunsthalle Basel has examined various positions concerning contemporary art . This renowned exhibition space in the Switzerland Swiss city of Basel has a very long tradition of supporting avant garde artists and expanding the accepted boundaries of contemporary art. Contemporary art issues are also reflected in dialogue through lectures, performances and video and film projects. The historic building was up dated in 2004 by the architects Miller & Maranta and has since also housed the Swiss Architecture Museum . See also Kunsthalle Museums in Basel External links http www.kunsthallebasel.ch Kunsthalle website http www.museenbasel.ch en index.php Basel museums website coord 47 33 14 N 7 35 27 E display title region CH BS type landmark Category Museums in Basel Category Modern art museums Category Contemporary art galleries in Switzerland als Kunsthalle Basel br Kunsthalle Basel de Kunsthalle Basel es Kunsthalle Basilea fr Kunsthalle Basel it Kunsthalle Basel nl Kunsthalle Basel ... more details
are ArtBasel , an art show for Modern and contemporary works and BaselWorld , a major watch and jewellery ...Infobox Canton short name Basel Stadt local names Kanton Basel Stadt lat deg 47 lat min 34 lon deg 7 lon min 36 flag img path Flag of Canton of Basel.svg locatormap img path Karte Lage Kanton Basel Stadt 2010.png capital Basel area 37 area rank 26th population rank 15th since 1501 abbr BS languages German language German executive Executive Council executive members 7 legislative Grand Council of Basel ... shore, national border at Kleinh ningen lowest m 244.75 municipalities number 3 Basel Stadt Audio De Basel Stadt.ogg Basel Stadt Basel City also Basle Ville is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland . The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory. History The canton of Basel Stadt was created when the Basel canton historic canton of Basel was divided in 1833, following ... Basel Landschaft from the city of Basel on 26 August 1833. Since then, there has been a movement for reunification. This movement gained momentum after 1900 when many parts of Basel Landschaft became industrialized. The two half cantons agreed in principle to merge, but in 1969 the people of Basel ... thumb left View from St. Chrischona The canton of Basel Stadt is located in the north of Switzerland . It borders Germany and France to the north, and Basel Landschaft to the south. Basel is located ... in a westerly direction to a northerly flow. The area of the canton is 37 km , making Basel Stadt the smallest canton in Switzerland. Politics Basel Stadt is a half canton. This means that the canton ... of the canton Basel Stadt is the city of Basel. The present constitution of the canton dates from 1889. The parliament of the canton is the Grand Council of Basel Stadt Grand Council , which has 100 ... Industria Novartis.jpg thumb Novartis headquarters in Basel The chemical industry and the pharmaceutical ... of Basel, attracting workers from both cantons of Basel and the areas across the border in France ... more details
File Skulpturhalle Basel 2008 03 30.jpg thumb Skulpturhalle entrance The Skulpturhalle Basel is a museum in Basel , Switzerland , featuring Plaster cast Cast collections cast replicas of antique sculpture. With around 2,000 casts it is the largest collection of its kind in the country, having tripled in size between 1985 and 2010. Since 1961 the collection has been managed by the Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig Antikenmuseum Basel . The collection was started in 1830. From 1849 it was located in the newly opened Museum an der Augustinergasse now the location of the Natural History Museum of Basel Natural History Museum and the Museum of Cultures Basel Museum of Cultures . In 1887 it moved into the Kunsthalle BaselBasel Kunsthalle , where a new wing known as the Skulpturenhalle had been built especially for it. The casts had to be warehoused in 1927 when the Kunstmuseum Basel national art collection was temporarily moved into the Kunsthalle, creating a need for more space. In 1940 the cast collection found a provisional home in a disused factory, four years after plans for a new building had failed to pass a referendum the new building finally materialised in 1963. When original works are split into pieces across various museums, the casts allow all the parts to be brought back together so that complete reconstructions of antique sculptures can be made. The unique Parthenon Project assembles casts of every surviving sculptural remnant from the Parthenon Parthenon Temple in Athens , and exhibits them so as to demonstrate their original arrangements. ref http www.skulpturhalle.ch parthenon parthenon.html Der Parthenon in Basel de icon ref ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi magazine 3505184.stm How the Parthenon marbles are being reborn BBC , 23 March 2004. Retrieved 14 September ... Basel oldid 77682639 coord 47 33 37 N 7 34 47 E region CH BS type landmark source kolossus dewiki display title Category Museums in Basel de Skulpturhalle Basel ... more details
Infobox Museum name Kunstmuseum Basel image Basler Kunstmuseum.jpg imagesize 200 established location Basel , Switzerland type Art museum visitors director Bernhard Mendes B rgi curator website http www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch The Kunstmuseum Basel houses the largest and most significant public art collection in Switzerland , and is listed as a Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance heritage site of national significance . ref Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance 1995 , p. 53. ref Its lineage extends back to the Amerbach Cabinet purchased by the city of Basel in 1661, which made it the first municipally owned museum . Its collection is distinguished by an impressively wide historic span, from the early ... active in the Upper Rhine region between 1400 and 1600 and on the art of the 19th to 21st ... examples of Renaissance art include important pieces by such masters as Konrad Witz , Hans Baldung ... also includes works of art from the periods of Constructivism art Constructivism , Dadaism and Surrealism and American art since 1950. Further highlights are the unique compilations of works ... of more recent and contemporary art, the collection maintains substantial complexes of works ... External links commonscat Kunstmuseum Basel http www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch Kunstmuseum Basel website http www.museenbasel.ch en institution index.php?id 78 Basel museums website coord 47 33 15 N 7 35 39 E display title region CH BS type landmark Category Museums in Basel Category Art museums and galleries in Switzerland Category Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Basel Stadt Category 1661 establishments als Kunstmuseum Basel br Kunstmuseum Basel de Kunstmuseum Basel es Museo de Arte de Basilea fr Kunstmuseum B le it Museo d arte di Basilea nl Kunstmuseum Basel ja pl Muzeum Sztuki w Bazylei ro Kunstmuseum din Basel ru ... more details
File Basel K mpfe in den Karpaten.jpg thumb upright K mpfe in den Karpaten Fighting in the Carpathians . Tempera on canvas, 100.5 100.5 cm. Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna. File Basel Nach dem Durchbruch am Tagliamento.jpg thumb upright Nach dem Durchbruch am Tagliamento After the Breakthrough at the Tagliamento . Oil on canvas, 100 100 cm. Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna. Alfred Basel 23 March 1876 24 January 1920 was an Austria n painter and etcher. Born in Vienna to a factory owner, Basel studied at the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule under Felician von Myrbach between 1892 and 1898. He was a reserve officer during the First World War , serving with the rank of Oberleutnant in the 4th Army Germany Fourth Army on the Battle of Galicia Galician front from March 1915. In the fall he fell ill and was declared unfit for military service. By November he was a war artist serving the Kriegspressequartier . In 1916 he was on the Vistula Land Vistula , in the Battle of Transylvania Carpathians , in Principality of Albania Albania , on the Italian Front World War I Isonzo , and in the Ukraine during World War I Ukraine . It was his artistic breakthrough. In 1919, at the winter exhibition of the Wiener K nstlerhaus , Basel exhibited his work outside of the Kriegspressequartier for the first time. His treatment of military events was careful and accurate, and both stylistically and biographically he has many similarities to Oskar Laske . Like him, Basel avoids sensationalising or exaggerating, and favours crowds of small figures and a simplicity approaching photographic accuracy ... This article is translated from de Alfred Basel the corresponding article at the German Wikipedia ..., 1914 1918 . Vienna 1981. External links http www.art ww1.com gb texte 011text.html Alfred Basel at Art of the First World War. Category 1876 births Category 1920 deaths Category People from Vienna Category Austrian painters Category War artists de Alfred Basel ... more details
ArtBasel . gallery File Basler Kunstmuseum.jpg Kunstmuseum Basel painting and drawing by Upper ... Basel 2008 03 30.jpg Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection ancient art and culture from ... of Basel and the early modern era Cabinet of curiosities collections of books, art and natural curiosities ... thumb Former Sculpture Hall of the Public Art Collection, today home to the Stadtkino Basel cinema ..., castings of ancient sculptures were put on display in the Sculpture Hall of the BaselArt Association ... 2008.jpg thumb Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection, rear annex with roof lighting The public ... Sammlung Ludwig Basel Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung ... History of the Basel Sculpture Hall. ref The Public Art Collection ffentliche Kunstsammlung also expanded into a second building in 1981 with the Museum of Contemporary ArtBasel Museum ... also include video art. Defunct and semi public museums File Basel Museum Kleines Klingental ... by the BaselArt Society Basler Kunstverein , which erected the Kunsthalle on Steinenberg between ... by Nigel Hall in Sch nthal With the creation of the Basel Country Art Museum Kunsthaus Baselland in Muttenz , the Basel Country Art Association Kunstverein Baselland was given its own dedicated exhibition ... as the city s art repository did not shift from the Basel Town Hall Rathaus to the Haus zur M cke ...File Basel Museum Wegweiser.jpg thumb Directional signs for Basel area museums. The Basel museums encompass a series of museum s in the city of Basel , Switzerland , and the neighboring region. They represent ... million visitors annually. Constituting an essential and defining component of Basel culture and cultural ... of Basel City arose from the 1661 purchase of the private Amerbach Cabinet by the city and the University of Basel and thus represent the oldest civic museum collection in continuous existence ... focus of collecting among Basel museums is the fine arts painting, drawing and sculpture. More ... more details
Basel may refer to Basel , a city in Switzerland, capital of the canton of Basel City Basel canton , a historical Swiss canton, now divided into two cantons Basel Country Basel City FC Basel a football soccer club based out of Basel, Switzerland the Roman Catholic Church s Diocese of Basel the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision BCBS , an international banking regulatory body Basel Accords Basel I , the first 1988 accord on banking capital Basel II , the second 2004 accord on banking capital Basel III , the anticipated third est. 2010 accord on banking capital Basel, East Flanders , a village in East Flanders in Belgium Basel Convention , a treaty to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations Basel problem , a famous problem in number theory See also basil , spice Basell Polyolefins disambig als Basel Begriffskl rung de Basel Begriffskl rung es Basilea desambiguaci n fr Basel nl Bazel no Basel andre betydninger sr zh ... more details
Refimprove date April 2010 Infobox Treaty name Basel Convention long name Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal image Basel Convention Secretariat.jpg image width 117px caption The logo of the Basel Convention Secretariat type United Nations treaty date drafted date signed Start date 1989 03 22 df y location signed Basel , Switzerland date ... wikisource Basel Convention Image Basel Convention signatories.PNG thumb Nations that have ... not ratified font the agreement. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal , usually known simply as the Basel Convention , is an international ... of parties to the Convention, and their ratification status, can be found on the Basel Secretariat ... of the incidents which led to the creation of the Basel Convention was the Khian Sea waste disposal ... meeting, November 27 December 1, 2006, the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Agreement focused ... in Annex III. ref art 1 al a ref In other words it must both be listed and contain a characteristic ... art 1 al b ref The definition of the term disposal is made in Article 2 al 4 and just refers to annex ... to another treaty that does not take away from the Basel Convention. The United States is a notable ... wastes to Basel Party countries. The OECD Council also has its own control system that governs ... States that have not ratified the Basel Convention. Parties to the Convention must honor import bans of other Parties. Article 4 of the Basel Convention calls for an overall reduction of waste generation ... of hazardous waste across borders. Basel Ban Amendment After the initial adoption of the Convention ... . Lobbying at the 1995 Basel conference by LDCs, Greenpeace and key European countries such as Denmark, led to a decision to adopt the Basel Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention. Not yet in force ... from a list of developed mostly OECD countries to developing countries. The Basel Ban applies to export ... more details
There were several Treaties of Basel Treaty of Basel 1499 Peace of Basel 1795 The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal 1989 disambig fr Trait de B le pt Tratado de Basileia ru th ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Basel IA was proposed as an intermediate between the current Basel I accord and the Basel II accord that is being implemented. Basel IA would have been more risk sensitive than Basel I but would not be as complex as the advanced approach under Basel II. On July 20, 2007 by a deal between the various US banking regulators The Federal Reserve , the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation it was decided to drop the proposed Basel IA and allow Basel II Standardised in its place. The US initially proposed that banks would need to use the advanced approach only if they were to implement Basel II. The idea of Basel IA was to enable smaller US banks to adopt a methodology that is more risk sensitive than Basel I that they are currently using for calculating capital adequacy. The Fed chairman mentioned that smaller banks who do not wish to move to Basel II Advanced or Basel IA could continue to operate under Basel I. http www.federalreserve.gov boarddocs press bcreg 2007 20070720 default.htm Press release by the US Fed on the deal of 20 July 2007 More information about Basel IA can be found in this http www.fdic.gov regulations laws federal 2006 06proposeac73a.html FDIC site , http www.occ.treas.gov ftp bulletin 2006 50.txt OCC site . Category Banking Category Financial regulation ... more details
in Basel The Carnival of Basel lang de Basler Fasnacht is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel . It has been listed as one of the top fifty ... of Basel Morgestraich see below . The carnival lasts for exactly 72 hours and, therefore, ends ... town of central Basel, running free in the streets and restaurants. Basler Fasnacht is often referred ... held in other cities on the Rhine such as those in Cologne , Mainz and D sseldorf , the Basel Carnival ... tradition from Basel that later spread to the rest of the world. While there is no proof for this theory ..., although wheat chaff is still sometimes thrown in some of the outlying towns and regions. In the Basel ... in Basel. Confetti is available in all possible colours, but never mixed. This was decided by the regional ... of Basel Organisation see below known as a Blaggedde which sounds similar to plaquette to French ... so, Basel s sanitation department succeeds in clearing away this mess within two hours during the night ... At the Basel Carnival there are five major groups of participants. Cliques One of the oldest formations ... about current events in Basel or from around the world. The verses are sung in Basel German and the singer ... spoof on the Alsace Alsatian farmers who, in the distant past, regularly rolled up to Basel markets ... The de Morgestraich Morgestraich on Monday morning marks the beginning of the Carnival in Basel. At exactly 4 am all the lights in the old town of Basel are turned off, and the de IWB Industrielle Werke Basel the Industrial Works of Basel are the public utility organisation of the city shuts down ... in front of the Basel M nster and are lit in the evenings. The lantern exhibition is referred to as the largest open air art exhibition of the world. Events around Fasnacht There are a number of events ... Kinder Charivari in the Theater Basel Monstre Trommelkonzert aka Drummeli , formerly in the Messe Basel, as of 2011 at the Musical Theater Basel Fasnachtsb ndeli for children and families , Theater ... more details
Image Basler Muenster nachts1.JPG thumb Basel M nster by night The Basel Minster cathedral M nster Basler M nster is one of the main landmarks and tourist attractions of the Swiss city of Basel . It adds ... building was destroyed by the 1356 Basel earthquake and rebuilt by Johannes Gm nd, who was at the same ... fort. The first bishop of Basel is claimed to be Justinianus 343 346 AC. The bishop s see was relocated ... possession of Basel in 1006. Excavations from 1973 1974 prove that the crypt of this building, Consecration ... sandstone exterior was set up in 1985. Important historical events Pope s Election at Basel Cathedral In 1424, Pope Martin V informed Basel s government that their city has been chosen to be the site of the next council. The main goal of the meetings held by Basel s council between 1431 ... at that time, Cesarini, left Basel in 1438. One year later, on 24 July 1440, Felix V was elected as a counter pope at Basel s M nsterplatz. The German Emperor, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III , arranged for the dissolution of the council in Basel because Felix V could not prevail ... the Basel University as an independent university on 4 April 1460. Destruction of religious paintings ... for organ shutters for Basel Cathedral, by Hans Holbein the Younger , c. 1525 26. Holbein ... The Basel Years, 1515 1532, Munich Prestel, 2006, ISBN 978 3 7913 3580 3, pp. 346 47. ref During the iconoclasm of the Protestant Reformation , many valuable pieces of art belonging to the city of Basel and the minster were destroyed in 1528 and 1529. Numerous citizens stormed many of the churches in Basel, some of them by armed force in order to demolish religious paintings and statues. Huldrych ... in their frenzy. In the course of the afternoon the iconoclasm extended to other churches in Basel ... of Basel was split into half cantons in 1833. Architecture Georgsturm and Martinsturm The main ... 1356 Basel earthquake earthquake in 1356 the M nster which originally had five steeples was reconstructed ... more details
File Elisabethenkirche Basel.JPG thumb The Elisabethenkirche in Basel File Basel Elisabethenkirche Steinkanzel.jpg thumb Stone pulpit with a camouflaged wooden canopy File Basel Elisabethenkirche Schloss.jpg thumb Lock marked with the year 1863 Expand German Elisabethenkirche Basel date February 2011 The Elisabethenkirche is a church building in the centre of Basel , next to the Theater Basel . The best known neo Gothic building in Switzerland, its 72 metre high tower is taller than those of the city s Basel M nster minster church and can be climbed. coord 47 33 10 N 7 35 28 E region CH BS type landmark source kolossus dewiki display title Category Churches in Switzerland Category Buildings and structures in Basel Category Gothic Revival architecture in Switzerland Switzerland church stub de Elisabethenkirche Basel fi Elisabethenkirche ... more details
The Basel Accords see alternative Spelling spelling s below refer to the banking supervision Accords recommendations on banking regulations Basel I , Basel II and Basel III issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision BCBS . They are called the Basel Accords as the BCBS maintains its wikt secretariat secretariat at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel , Switzerland and the committee normally meets there. The Basel Committee main Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Formerly, the Basel Committee consisted of representatives from central banks and regulatory authorities of the Group of Ten economic Group of Ten countries plus Luxembourg and Spain . Since 2009, all of the other G 20 major economies are represented, as well as some other major banking locales such as Hong Kong and Singapore . See the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Committee article for a full list of members. The committee does not have the authority to enforce recommendations, although most member countries as well as some other countries tend to implement the Committee s policies. This means that recommendations are enforced through national or EU wide laws and regulations, rather than as a result of the committee s recommendations thus some time may pass between recommendations and implementation as law at the national level. Spelling The Basel Committee is named after the city of Basel, Switzerland. In early publications, the Committee sometimes used the British spelling Basle or the French spelling B le, names that are sometimes still used in the media. More recently, the Committee has deferred to the predominantly German speaking population of the region and used the spelling Basel. See also Basel I Basel II Basel III References http www.bis.org Bank for International Settlements. Category Financial regulation Category Systemic risk Category Basel II eo La Bazelaj Akordoj fr Accords de B le it Accordi di Basilea ms Persefahaman Basel pt Acordo de Basileia zh ... more details
Infobox tram network color name Basel tramway network system logo image Tram in Basel BLT.jpg caption A BLT tram in Basel. Operation locale Basel , Switzerland open Start date close status Open routes owner operator Basler Verkehrs Betriebe BVB br Baselland Transport BLT Infrastructure el Volt V Direct current DC depot stock Statistics single track length double track length total track length route length pass year passengers pass percent pass system mpassengers Overview map File Basel Stra enbahn Netzplan 2009.png thumb 240px center Map of the network in 2009. map state show website http www.bvb.ch Basler Verkehrs Betriebe de icon The Basel tramway network is part of the public transport network serving Basel , Switzerland , and its two associated Cantons of Switzerland cantons . Operations Basel Trams are operated by two transport operators Basler Verkehrs Betriebe German language German for Basel Transport Service , BVB and Baselland Transport BLT . BVB are owned by and operate in the Basel Stadt , the small canton containing the inner city. Its green trams operate mostly in the city, although the terminuses of its lines 3 and 6 are in the more rural canton of Basel Landschaft Basel Land . BLT is owned by Basel Land and its yellow and red trams operate in the outer suburbs to the south of Basel. ref cite web title Geschichte history publisher Baselland Transport url http www.blt.ch Unternehmen Geschichte Geschichte.aspx accessdate 28 February 2010 ref However, the three lines it operates, 10 line BLT 10 , 11, 17, all also run over BVB track in central Basel. In addition line 14, while owned by BLT, is operated by BVB well into Basel Land. Gallery gallery Image Tram in Basel ... commonscat inline Trams in Basel Urban public transport in Switzerland Category Transport in Basel Category Tram transport in Switzerland Basel Europe tram stub de Basler Tramlinien fr Tramway de B le no Trikken i Basel pl Tramwaje w Bazylei ru ... more details
coor 47.5557 N 7.5930 E display title The Basel oppidum , known as Basel M nsterh gel , is an Iron Age fort oppidum constructed by the Rauraci in the second half of the 1st century BC La T ne culture late La T ne , after the battle of Bibracte 58 BC . The fort was situated on what is now the Basel M nster M nsterh gel in the Swiss city of Basel . The site was excavated by Furger Gunti in the 1970s. There is an older undefended La T ne site at Basel Gasfabrik , not far from the oppidum which was abandoned after the fort was completed. References Ren Teuteberg, Basler Geschichte Christoph Merian Verlag, 2nd ed. Basel 1988. ISBN 3 85616 034 5, p. 52. Andres Furger Gunti, Oppidum Basel M nsterh gel. Grabungen 1971 72 an der Rittergasse 5 , Jahrbuch SGU, 1974 75, pp. 77 111. Andres Furger Gunti, Das sp tkeltische Oppidum von Basel M nsterh gel Der Murus Gallicus , Arch ologisches Korrespondenzblatt 2, 1972, pp. 165 168. Andres Furger Gunti, Das keltische Basel 1981 . See also Murus gallicus Augusta Raurica External links http www.andresfurger.ch Category Archaeological sites in Switzerland Category History of Basel ... more details
Infobox Canton short name Basel Landschaft lat deg 47 lat min 7 lon deg 7 lon min 44 local names Kanton Basel Landschaft german name Basel Landschaft capital Liestal largest city Allschwil area 518 area ... districts designation Bezirke districts number 5 Basel Landschaft Basel Country rarely Basle Campagne German language German Audio De Basel Landschaft.ogg Basel Landschaft informally Baselland Baselbiet ... of Basel Stadt , Solothurn canton Solothurn , Canton of Jura Jura and Aargau , and with the France ... date November 2008 main Canton of BaselBasel Landschaft, together with Basel Stadt, formed the historic Canton of Basel until they separated following the uprising of 1833 Battle of the H lftenschanz ... In Roman times, the area of Basel was a centre of Roman activity. There are well preserved remains at the site of Augusta Raurica in the canton of Basel Landschaft. Around AD 200 there were about ... preserved amphitheatre north of the Alps, and a reconstructed Roman villa. The lands of the canton Basel Landschaft are part of the lands acquired by the city of Basel . Until the end of the 16th century, most of the canton s land belonged to the city of Basel. After Napoleon s visit in 1798, the country ... October 2008 The city of Basel remained the cultural and economic centre of both Basel half cantons until then. Castles and residences of Basel merchants dominated much of the landscape in Basel Country. Image Karikatur Teilung Basels.jpg thumb Caricature of the division of Basel, 1833 After 1830 there were political quarrels and armed conflict in the canton of Basel. Some of these were concerned ... of the canton Basel Landschaft from the city of Basel on 26 August 1833. Since then, there has been a movement for reunification. This movement gained momentum after 1900 when many parts of Basel Landschaft ... of Basel Landschaft voted down a referendum on this proposal in favour of retaining their independence ... to co operate. The contribution of Basel Landschaft to the University of Basel since 1976 ... more details
The Frank German language German Franken , French language French franc was the currency of the Switzerland Swiss Cantons of Switzerland canton of Basel canton Basel between 1798 and 1850. History The Swiss franc History Frank was the currency of the Helvetian Republic from 1798, replacing the Basel thaler Thaler in Basel . The Helvetian Republic ceased issuing coins in 1803. Basel issued coins between 1805 and 1826, with the Frank subdivided into 10 Batzen , each of 10 Rappen . In 1850, the Swiss franc was introduced, with 1 Swiss francs 1 Basel Frank. Coins Bullion coins were issued in denominations of 1, 2 and 5 Rappen, and 1 Batzen, with silver coins for 3 and 5 Batzen. All bore the arms of the canton. References refbegin numis cite SCWC date 1991 refend External links franc state collapsed Category Modern obsolete currencies Category Currencies of Switzerland Category Basel Category Basel Stadt Category 1798 establishments Category 1850 disestablishments ar es Franco de Basilea it Franco di Basilea ... more details
The Sinfonieorchester Basel Symphony Orchestra Basel is a Swiss orchestra based in Basel . The orchestra performs symphony concerts at the Musiksaal, Basel. The orchestra also serves as the opera orchestra and ballet orchestra for the Theater Basel . The orchestra receives funding from the half cantons of Basel Stadt and Basel Landschaft . The orchestra was formed in 1997 from the merger of two prior ensembles, the Basler Sinfonie Orchester Basel Symphony Orchestra and the Radio Sinfonieorchester Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra Basel . Mario Venzago was the first chief conductor of the newly formed ensemble, from 1997 to 2003. Marko Letonja succeeded Venzago as chief conductor from 2003 to 2006. In March 2008, the orchestra named Dennis Russell Davies its third chief conductor, as of the 2009 2010 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. ref cite news url http www.nytimes.com 2008 03 21 arts 21arts BASELSYMPHON BRF.html title Arts, Briefly Basel Symphony Names Director work The New York Times author Julie Bloom date 2008 03 21 accessdate 2010 02 07 ref ref cite news url http www.badische zeitung.de nachrichten kultur der das profil schaerfen soll 26565275.html title Der das Profil sch rfen soll work Badische Zeitung author Georg Rudiger date 2010 02 05 accessdate 2010 02 07 ref The orchestra has recorded commercially for the Col Legno, CPO, Novalis and Ondine ref cite news url http www.telegraph.co.uk culture music classicalcdreviews 6710341 Martinu Overture Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 4 Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca.html title Martinu Overture Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca work Telegraph author Ivan Hewett date 2009 12 02 accessdate 2010 02 07 ref labels. Chief conductors Mario Venzago 1997 2003 Marko Letonja 2003 2006 Dennis Russell Davies 2009 present References Reflist External links http www.sinfonieorchesterbasel.ch Official ... Category Swiss orchestras de Sinfonieorchester Basel ja fi Baselin sinfoniaorkesteri ... more details
name Kanton Basel conventional long name Canton of Basel common name Basel, Canton continent Europe ... Switzerland Restoration Switzerland year start 1501 year end 1833 event pre Prince Bishopric of Basel ... event end Partitioned in twain date end August 26, 1833 p1 Bishopric of Basel image p1 Image Wappen Bistum Basel.svg 20px Bishopric of Basel s1 Basel City image s1 Image Bale coat of arms.svg 20px Basel Country s2 Basel Country image s2 Image BaleCampagne coat of arms.svg 20px Basel Country image ... The canton of Basel, shown within the northern part of the Helvetic Republic , as at 1802 the canton of Fricktal adjacent joined the Aargau later that year. capital Basel languages German language German Basel was a canton of Switzerland that was in existence between 1501 and 1833, when it was split into the two present day half cantons of Basel City and Basel Country . Background The town of Basel ... , Basel was ruled by prince bishop s see Bishop of Basel , whose memory is preserved in the crosier shown on the Basel coat of arms , as above . In 1019, the construction of the cathedral of Basel ... the Rhine was constructed by Bishop Heinrich von Thun and lesser Basel de Kleinbasel Kleinbasel founded as a bridgehead to protect the bridge. Basel became the focal point of western Christendom during the 15th century Council of Basel 1431 49 , including the 1439 election of antipope Felix V . In 1459, Pope Pius II endowed the University of Basel where such notables as Erasmus of Rotterdam , Paracelsus ... was Spread of the printing press introduced to Basel by apprentice s of Johann Gutenberg Gutenberg ... still in business. Johann Froben also operated his printing house in Basel and was notable for publishing works by Erasmus . Image Fuerstbistum Basel 16Jh.png thumb The Prince Bishopric of Basel in the 16th century By the 16th century, the Prince Bishopric of Basel comprised div col Image Bale coat of arms.svg 20px Basel Image Saicourt coat of arms.svg 20px Bellelay Abbey Abbey of Bellelay Image ... more details
Infobox rare stamps common name Basel Dove image Image Basel Dove unused.jpg 150px country of production Switzerland location of production Basel date of production 1 July 1845 nature of rarity Extremely rare number in existence Unknown face value 2 rappen estimated value Swiss franc CHF 18,000 br Swiss franc CHF 37,500 on cover The Basel Dove is a notable stamp issued by the Switzerland Swiss Basel canton canton of Basel . It was issued on 1 July 1845 ref name hertsch Hertsch, Max. Famous Stamps of the World . Berne Hallwag Ltd., 1968, p.12. ref with a value of 2 rappen and was the only stamp issued by Basel. At the time each Cantons of Switzerland canton was responsible for its own postal service and there were no uniform postal rates for Switzerland until after the establishment of a countrywide postal service on 1 January 1849. The only other cantons to issue their own stamps were Canton of Z rich Z rich and Canton of Geneva Geneva . The stamp, designed by the architect Melchior Berri , featured a white Embossing paper embossed dove carrying a letter in its beak, and was inscribed STADT POST BASEL . The stamp is printed in black, crimson and blue, making it the world s first tri coloured stamp. ref name hertsch It was valid for use until 30 September 1854, by which time 41,480 stamps had been printed. ref http www.swiss philately.co.uk stamps cantonal basel.html Retrieved 26 ... cantonal basel.html Helvetia Philatelic Society Basel Dove page. http www.philaworld.ch index.php Frankaturen Basler Taube Pictures from 200 Basel Dove Letters. http www.philaworld.ch index.php Paare der Basler Taube Pairs of Basel Dove. http www.philaworld.ch index.php Bogenrandst C3 BCcke Baslertaube Basel Dove with border. http www.philaworld.ch index.php Abstempelung Basler Taube Postmarks on Basel Doves. DEFAULTSORT Basel Dove Category Postage stamps of Switzerland be ... hi nl Bazeler duif no Baselduen pt Basel Dove ru ... more details
advert date August 2011 one source date August 2011 The Basel Sinfonietta is a Swiss orchestra , founded in 1980 in Basel . The basel sinfonietta was founded in 1980 by a group of young musicians with the goal of bringing exciting new combinations of contemporary music and works both familiar and unknown to an audience enthusiastic for unusual sounds and open to experimentation. With its unconventional, provocative approach, this large symphony orchestra has achieved a considerable international reputation. In its relatively short history, the basel sinfonietta has also carried out numerous performances with dancers, jazz musicians, cabarettists and choral groups in addition to complex projects incorporating, for instance, silent movies and multimedia. Now in its 30th season, the orchestra has presented more than 50 world premieres, many of them commissioned by the orchestra itself. The basel sinfonietta is the only Swiss orchestra to have been invited four times to participate in the famous Austrian Salzburger Festspiele . Furthermore, the basel sinfonietta has been invited to other renowned festivals, such as Internationale Ferienkurse f r Neue Musik, Lucerne Festival, Biennale di Venezia, Musica Strasbourg, Festival d Automne Paris and Kunstfest Weimar. The basel sinfonietta works frequently with renowned conductors such as Stefan Asbury, Fabrice Bollon, Dennis R. Davies, Mark Fitz Gerald, J rg Henneberger, Peter Hirsch, Michael Hofstetter, Johannes Kalitzke, Karen Kamensek, Jun M rkl, Emilio Pom rico, Kasper de Roo, Jonathan Stockhammer and Lothar Zagrosek. Furthermore, the basel sinfonietta has participated in many education projects to attract a young audience for classical music. The members of the basel sinfonietta are professional musicians. When not taking part in the orchestra they perform as freelance performers in numerous ensembles and chamber music groups ... Orchestra stub de Basel Sinfonietta pt Basel Sinfonietta ... more details
wikify date December 2011 Update date January 2012 Refimprove date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 The Basel massacre of Jews took place in 9 of January 1349 ref The Jerusalem Post. http www.jpost.com Features InThespotlight Article.aspx?id 203613 This Week in History The Jews of Basel are burnt . ref . Following the spread of the Black Death through the surrounding countryside of Savoy and subsequently Basel , the Jews were accused of having poisoned the wells, on account of the fact that they suffered a lower mortality rate than the local gentiles from the pestilence. The City Fathers of Basel attempted to protect their Jews but to no avail the local guild s demanded their blood and 600 were handed over. They were shackled inside a wooden barn on an island in the Rhine , which was set afire. The few survivors young orphans were forcibly converted to Christianity . Following the massacre, it was decreed that all Jews were banned from settling in the city of Basel for 200 years. However, the city s subsequent financial collapse necessitated their early re admittance. Footnotes Reflist DEFAULTSORT Basel Massacre Category Conflicts in 1348 Category Conflicts in 1349 Category Anti Jewish pogroms Category Antisemitism in Switzerland Category History of Basel Category Jewish Swiss history Category Late Middle Ages Jewish hist stub Switzerland stub ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
