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Basel Town Hall

500-year-old building in Basel, Switzerland

Basel Town Hall

500-year-old building in Basel, Switzerland

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, which have been lost. Fragments of the work as well as some of the initial drawings are kept in the Kunstmuseum.

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

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 File:11-11-24-basel-by-ralfr-125.jpg|A statue from 1580 by Hans Michel depicting Lucius Munatius Plancus in the city hall

References

References

  1. (2003). "Negotiating the Gift: Pre-Modern Figurations of Exchange". Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
  2. Britannica Educational Publishing. (20 December 2009). "The 100 Most Influential Painters & Sculptors of the Renaissance". The Rosen Publishing Group.
  3. Derek Wilson. (26 September 2006). "Hans Holbein: portrait of an unknown man". Pimlico.
  4. "Kein Basler: Lucius Munatius Plancus".
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