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Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Petersgraben

Comments: Building next door is dated 1573.
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Location: Peter Lane 27 (Peter Street in the direction of Peter Church Square)
Artists / in: no information
In operation since: 1873
listed: no 
History / Description: The well has a hexagonal trough, which leans to one side of a wall. From the column stands a fountain spouts water. Prior to 1871 were already at least two other wells at that place. The name of the well received because of the former owner of the nearby properties, the pharmacist Henman Offenburg, who died in 1459
Special: This district is characterized by many ancient houses.
Posted by Ian Francis at 15:05
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Labels: BrunnenLinked, Period: 19th C, Shape:Hexagon, Style:Architectural, Type:1spigot, Visibility:Back Street
Location: Petersgraben 17, 4051 Basle, Switzerland

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