. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. 3 N., and long. 7° 35 E. Great Basel, or the cityproper, lies on the south side of the river, and is connected?with Little Basel on the north side by a handsome bridge800 feet long, which was originally erected in city is ccnerally well-built, but there are fewer remarkable edifices tlian in many other Continental citioof similar size. The fine old Gothic cathedral, fou::dod1010, still stands, and contains a number of intercslingmonuments, besides the tombs of Erasmus, Qicolanipadins,and other e
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. 3 N., and long. 7° 35 E. Great Basel, or the cityproper, lies on the south side of the river, and is connected?with Little Basel on the north side by a handsome bridge800 feet long, which was originally erected in city is ccnerally well-built, but there are fewer remarkable edifices tlian in many other Continental citioof similar size. The fine old Gothic cathedral, fou::dod1010, still stands, and contains a number of intercslingmonuments, besides the tombs of Erasmus, Qicolanipadins,and other eminent persons. A rc-dccoratiou was skilfullyeffected in 1852-1850. Among other of interest may bo mentioned St JIartins,restored in 1851 ; St Albans, formerly a monastery ; thechurch of the Bare-footed Friars, which now serves as astore-house; Elizabeths Church, of modern erection ; andSt Claras in ].,ittlo Ihe town-hall was built iii1508 and restored in 182G. A post-ollice, a new bank, andan hospital are of recent erection. Besides the Plan of Basel. A. Peters Bortusicr ;, Zoologknl G:iitlen<i. E, notanlenl , , Armoury. which was founded by Pope Pius II. in 1459, andreorganized in 1817, Basel possesses a imblic library of95,000 vols., with a valuable collection of MSS., a picture-gallery, a museum, a theological seminary for missionaries(established in 1810), a gymnasium, an industrial school, abotanical garden, an orphan-asylum, an institution for deaf-mutes, and various learned societies. Of these may bementioned the Society for the Propagation of UsefulKnowledge, founded in 1777 by Iselin, the Society ofNatural History, the Society of National Antiquities, andthe Bible Society, which dates from 1804 and was thefirst of the kind on the Continent. Basel is the seat of anactive transit-trade between France, Gennany, and Switzer-land, and possesses important manu
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