Basel

Basel is the German name for Basle, a city in Switzerland. Its French name is Bâle. This commercial and industrial city is situated in the northwestern Switzerland, on the Rhine, just before it enters Germany. It has a cathedral, university, library, and museum. It was a centre of influence in Reformation times, and the home for several years of Erasmus. By the first decade of the 20th century, it emerged as a great money market, and had manufactures of silks and chemicals. The people living in this city are by and large Protestant and German-speaking.

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Baselessness, Baseline, Baseline study, Baseman, Basement, Basement membrane