Altstadt Grossbasel, Switzerland
Haus zur hohen Sonne
Altstadt Grossbasel, Switzerland
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The Haus zur hohen Sonne is a Baroque and Rococo residential structure built in 1758 in the Altstadt Grossbasel district of Basel, Switzerland. Designed by Johann Jakob II Stehlin, Johann Jacob Fechter, and Samuel Werenfels, the building exemplifies the ornamental elegance characteristic of mid-eighteenth-century Swiss architecture. Designated as a class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance, it remains an important example of period residential design in Basel's historic old town.
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Movement
- Built
- Type
- architectural structure, residential building
- Heritage
- class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance
- Place
- Altstadt Grossbasel, Switzerland
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