Zone d'identification
Type of entity
Collectivité
Forme autorisée du nom
Basel Zoo
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
- Zoologischer Garten Basel
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
- Zoo Basel
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates d’existence
1874-
Historique
Zoo Basel is Switzerland's oldest and largest zoo. In 1870, the Ornithologiegesellschaft together with the city of Basel started a project of establishing a zoo where visitors could see Swiss and European animals. Zoo Basel emerged from that project, and opened its doors on July 3rd 1874