Pfalz terrace
Over the Rhine.
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Basel Minster is a landmark church on a hill above the Rhine in Basel, northwest Switzerland, about 74 km west of Zurich and 69 km north of Bern in a straight line. Built as a Catholic cathedral, it is today a Reformed Protestant church. It was built between 1019 and 1500 in Romanesque and Gothic styles. The Basel earthquake of 1356 destroyed the late Romanesque building, which was then rebuilt, and the southern Martin Tower was completed in 1500. Before the church, the hill held a fortified Celtic town and then a Roman fort. The minster is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The building rises in red sandstone with two slender towers, and its roof is covered with coloured tiles laid in geometric patterns. Behind it a tree-shaded terrace called the Pfalz looks out over the Rhine, and beside it runs a stone cloister with Gothic arches. Visitors stand on the Münsterplatz in front of the facade, then walk round to the Pfalz terrace for the view over the river, its bridges and the far bank. The towers can be climbed for a wide view of the city, and a small current-driven ferry crosses the Rhine below the hill.
Over the Rhine.
Patterned tiles.
Driven by the current.
Münsterplatz, Old Town, Basel, Switzerland
Yes, for a view over the city.
From the Pfalz terrace behind the minster.