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Rising high above the bustle of Barfüsserplatz, the Leonhardskirche is one of Basel's quiet giants. It began around the year 1080 as a modest Romanesque foundation served by a community of Augustinian monks, and the crypt beneath its choir still survives from that distant age. The catastrophic earthquake of 1356 reduced much of the Romanesque church to rubble, but the people of Basel rebuilt on the same hill, first in a simpler Gothic style and then, from the 1480s, as a magnificent late Gothic hall church whose delicate star shaped vaulting was completed by 1521. When the Reformation reached the city, Saint Leonard's became one of Basel's Protestant churches, and today it serves the French speaking Reformed congregation, a living church rather than a museum.
Fatti principali
- 1080 year — The original Romanesque church was founded, and its crypt still survives
- 1356 year — The great Basel earthquake destroyed much of the Romanesque building
- 1521 year — The star vaulted late Gothic nave was completed after decades of rebuilding
📍 Leonhardskirchplatz 10, 4051, Basel