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Basel Fasnacht

Basel's carnival ('the three most beautiful days'), inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2017.

When
The Monday after Ash Wednesday, for 72 hours
Town
Basel
Canton
Basel-Stadt
Type
Carnival
UNESCO intangible
Yes

Source: ich.unesco.org

47.5547° N 7.5906° E · Basel-StadtRelief interpolated · not a survey mapOpen the full map

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Max Karmazin, Ethan Gruber · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY-SA 2.0

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