Town Hall door

by Felicia Tica

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Town Hall door

Artist

Felicia Tica

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Photograph - Photo

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Solothurn (Salodurum), originally probably Celtic, was in Roman times a crossroads of the great military roads. The Pattusius stone inscription indicates that in Salodurum was a Roman Apollo Temple of Augustus. When looking castle in Selzach Jura near Solothurn is a yew tree, is claimed by the that she was germinated in the Roman period. At the time of the migration, the interface between the immigrant to Switzerland Germanic tribes of the Burgundians and Alemanni was at Solothurn: Bellach seems a vibrant establishment with Gallo-Roman (Old French) language to have been Lommiswil an Alemannic. Later the Alemannic Old High German has prevailed over the Gallo-Roman about to Biel. The remaining parts of today's Canton were large part Alemannic from the start.

From 1467 began the construction of the town hall of Solothurn, on the Donkey alley, which was only fully completed in 1711 with a new twin-tower facade on the east, This is a side door. (Source: Wikipedia)

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