Wildensteinerhof - Basel, Switzerland
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N 47° 33.270 E 007° 35.795
32T E 394414 N 5267740
A baroque town house in the St. Alban quarter of Basel.
Waymark Code: WMK2RN
Location: Basel Stadt, Switzerland
Date Posted: 02/04/2014
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EN: Wildensteinerhof is a baroque town house in the St. Alban quarter. The outwardly simple three-story building with a large park in the backyard was built in 1775 by the well known local Baroque architect Johann Jacob Fechter (1717-1797) for the silk ribbon manufacturer Jakob Christoph Frey. In 1996 the house was extensively renovated and has since been used as a private school.
DE: Der Wildensteinerhof ist ein barockes Stadtpalais in der St. Alban-Vorstadt. Das äusserlich schlichte dreistöckige Gebäude mit einem grossen Park im Hinterhof wurde 1775 von dem bekannten einheimischen Barock-Architekten Johann Jacob Fechter (1717-1797) für den Seidenbandfabrikanten Jakob Christoph Frey erbaut. 1996 wurde das Haus umfassend renoviert und wird seither von einer Privatschule genutzt.
Style: Baroque
Type of building (structure): Town-house
Date of origin:: 1775
Architect(s): Johann Jacob Fechter
Address:
St. Alban-Vorstadt 30-32
4052 Basel
Web site of the object (if exists): Not listed
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