Basel Town Hall - Switzerland 2019 Stock Image

The Basel Town Hall , locally known as Roothuus is a 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel, Switzerland.The Great Council Chamber at one time featured a series of frescoes painted in 1522 by Hans Holbein the Younger, which have been lost.Fragments of the work as well as some of the initial drawings are kept in the Kunstmuseum.Sounds like `red house`, a pun with reference to the red sandstone facade of the building.