Gastronomy & Hotels - Basel Live

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A city with history
Discover Basel!
Basel can look back on over 2,000 years of history. And today, it is as
present as ever. Its history is alive, offering an exhilarating contrast to the
modernity in every corner of the city.
Even before our era, the Celts settled in Basel. The strategic location drew
the Romans to station their armies on the Münster Hill in 30 B.C. After
this, events in the middle ages left their impression on the city, in
particular that of the Church Council and the founding of Switzerland’s first
university in 1460. In Erasmus of Rotterdam’s time, this city of humanists
was a centre of book printing and paper production. The reformation then
brought silk weaving and dying, which preceded the pharmaceutical and
chemical companies.
Today, this once fortified settlement is a centre for life sciences, as well as
for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, and also has important
companies in the logistics, transport and financial field. Additionally, Basel
is the most important location for trade fairs and congresses in Switzerland,
and, with its 200,000 inhabitants, one of the cities with the highest
quality of life worldwide.
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