Dreiländereck Monument (Huningue, France; Weil am Rhein, Germany; and Basel, Switzerland)

The Dreiländereck (tri-border area) monument, also known as the Pylon (Plastik), was constructed by Wilhelm Münger and erected at the meeting point of France, Germany, and Switzerland in 1957. The calculations as well as the elevation and floor plans were provided by the mathematician Istvan Csontos, who fled from Hungary to Basel in 1956. The sculpture has the shape of a stele or pylon. It stands on a man-made spit in the River Rhine that was approved and funded by the Grand Council of Basel.

Information from: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylon_(Plastik)

Basel, also known as Bâle in French and Basilea in Italian, is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the Rhine. Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zürich and Geneva), with roughly 178,000 inhabitants within the city municipality limits in the 2020s. The official language of Basel is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, and the main spoken language is the local Basel German dialect.

Basel is commonly considered to be the cultural capital of Switzerland and the city is famous for its many museums, including the first collection of art accessible to the public in the world (1661) and the largest museum of art in Switzerland. The University of Basel, Switzerland's oldest university (founded in 1460), and the city's centuries-long commitment to humanism, have made Basel a safe haven at times of political unrest in other parts of Europe for refugees and dissidents.

Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel

Taken in: France / Grand Est / Arrondissement de Mulhouse / Huningue (show map)

Taken on: September 17, 2023

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