Basel Town Hall

The Basel Town Hall

The Basel Town Hall (German: Rathaus Basel, locally known as Roothuus) is a 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel, Switzerland.

The Town Hall houses the meetings of the Cantonal Parliament as well as the Cantonal Government of the canton of Basel-Stadt.

The Great Council Chamber at one time featured a series of frescoes painted in 1522 by Hans Holbein the Younger however these have mostly been lost.[1][2] Fragments of the work as well as some of the initial drawings are kept in the Kunstmuseum.[3]

"Rathaus" literally means "council house" while the term "Roothus" in the local Basel German dialect means both "council house" but also sounds like "red house", a pun with reference to the red sandstone facade of the building.

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References

  1. ↑ Gadi Algazi; Valentin Groebner; Bernhard Jussen (2003). Negotiating the Gift: Pre-Modern Figurations of Exchange. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 264–. ISBN 978-3-525-35186-4. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Britannica Educational Publishing (20 December 2009). The 100 Most Influential Painters & Sculptors of the Renaissance. The Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 286–. ISBN 978-1-61530-043-3. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Derek Wilson (26 September 2006). Hans Holbein: portrait of an unknown man. Pimlico. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-84413-918-7. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
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