Schlösschen Vorderes Gundeldingen - Basel, Switzerland
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N 47° 32.416 E 007° 35.327
32T E 393798 N 5266169
A castle from the 16th century hidden in a residential area in the south of Basel.
Waymark Code: WMECYX
Location: Basel Stadt, Switzerland
Date Posted: 05/09/2012
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Vorderes Gundeldingen is one of two remaining castles in this quarter. It was built in the middle of the 16th century by Hieronymus Iselin. It turned out to be too costly and the family had to sell the estate in 1596. It was remodeled in baroque style around 1730.
Between 1925 and 1927 the street behind the castle was built and a housing complex grew. Most adjoining buildings of the castle were demolished. The remaining main tract is hidden in a side street so well that the classic work on Swiss castles stated in 1971 that the castle must have been destroyed in the 1930s.