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RATHAUS COURTYARD, BASEL

Image Number 3

The City Hall (Rathaus) is the seat of the government of the Canton of Basel-City in north-west Switzerland on the French and Italian borders.   The building dates from the 14th century.  When Basel joined the Swiss confederation in 1501, the front part of the existing town hall was replaced by a new building. The battlements were adorned, in coloured surrounds, with the arms of the 12 cantons that then constituted the Confederation. At the beginning of the 17th century the Rathaus was painted by Hans Bock with mock architectural features. 

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 35, aperture F16 and exposure of 1 second.  28 mm Schneider-Kreuznach wide angle lens with leaf shutter.  The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back. The image has been cropped slightly to remove extraneous detail.  The shadow areas have been opened and the verticals corrected using Capture One.