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