Searching for clues on site: How did the fragment of a large Roman building end up in Freie Strasse?

Museum Kleines Klingental
Basel, Switzerland
Die römische Spolie, die an der Freien Strasse zutage kam, zierte einst das Gesims eines antiken Grossbaus in Augusta Raurica. Foto: ABBS, Philippe Saurbeck, 2022
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German
City walk
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 2 p.m.
Meeting point: Market square, in front of the town hall

City tour as part of the exhibition "Salvaged from the Underground. Archaeological finds from the center of Basel"

Guided tour: Sarah Wicki, curator of the exhibition
Price: CHF 10.-/7.-
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Basel
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On 08 December 2024
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