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File:Samuel Cursing Saul, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg, Samuel Cursing Saul, by Hans Holbein the Younger
File:Rehoboam's Insolence, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg, Rehoboam's Insolence, by Hans Holbein the Younger
File:Rehoboam. Fragment of Wall Painting from Basel Town Hall Council Chamber, by Hans Holbein the Younger..jpg, Fragment of Wall Painting from Basel Town Hall Council Chamber, by Hans Holbein the Younger
File:The Humiliation of Emperor Valerian by Shapur, King of Persia, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg, The Humiliation of Emperor Valerian by Shapur, King of Persia, by Hans Holbein the Younger
File:Interior Courtyard of Basel Town Hall.jpg, Interior courtyard of the building
Basel Town Hall
www.bs.ch City and town halls in Switzerland Buildings and structures in Basel {{Portal bar, Switzerland}
The Basel Town Hall (German
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: ''Rathaus Basel'', locally known as ''Roothuus'') is a 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (B ...
, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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The Town Hall houses the meetings of the Cantonal Parliament as well as the Cantonal Government of the canton of Basel-Stadt
Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (german: Kanton ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Citad; french: Canton de Bâle-Ville; it, Canton Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as t ...
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The Great Council Chamber at one time featured a series of frescoes painted in 1522 by Hans Holbein the Younger
Hans Holbein the Younger ( , ; german: Hans Holbein der Jüngere; – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German-Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest por ...
, which have been lost. Fragments of the work as well as some of the initial drawings are kept in the Kunstmuseum.
"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.
See also
*Politics of Switzerland
Switzerland is a semi-direct democratic federal republic. The federal legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the Federal Assembly: the National Council and the Council of States. The Federal Council holds the executive po ...
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Basel Town Hall
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