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Bale, or Basel, is located where the French, German and Swiss borders meet.TRANSCRIPT
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La Suisse: Le Jour Final
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Vocabulaire
La Rivière: RiverLes banlieues: suburbsL’hôtel de ville: city hall
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Bâle
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Bâle
• Located where the Swiss, French, and German borders meet
• The city actually has suburbs in both France (Alsace) and Germany
• Located on la rivière Rhône
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La Rivière Rhône
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• Major industrial center for chemical and pharmaceutical industry
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• Home to the oldest university of the Swiss Confederation
• Also home to the world’s oldest art collection accessible to the public, le Musée des Beaux Arts
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La Gare
• Claims to be the world’s first international train station
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• Was once the ancient Roman city August Raurica
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La Tour de Munster
• Red sandstone architecture and colored roof tiles make it a unique and popular tourist site
• Originally a Catholic cathedral, today it is a reformed protestant church
• Badly damaged in 1356 during an earthquake
• Has undergone several renovations since then
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L’hotel de ville
• Particularly German in style
• Located au centre-ville
• Dates back to the 1500s
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Le “Messeturm”
• Tallest building in Switzerland
• “Trade Fair” Building• Offices and a hotel
(Ramada)
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Au Revoir, la Suisse!
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