Category: Architecture

Basel Minster (Basler Münster), also known as Basel Cathedral is one of the city's major tourist attractions and is a source of pride for the locals. When you walk the streets of Basel's Old town, the soaring, gothic cathedral highlights all of the pastel tiles on the rooftops, with the…

Bern Minster (The Cathedral of Bern), known locally as Berner Münster, is a Swiss Reformed cathedral located in the old city of Bern. Originally constructed in the Gothic style, the building was completed in 1421. Its tower was only completed in 1893, and stands at a height of 100.6 meters…

The Zytglogge, also known as the 'time bell', is a major medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland. Since it was built in the 13th century, it has served the city as a guard tower, prison, clock tower, nerve center of urban life, and a civic memorial. The Zytglogge, Bern's most recognizable…

Basel Town Hall (Basler Rathaus) is a 500-year-old building, known also as Roothuus, and it dominates 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 was covered with a…