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Basque explorers arrived in what is now California in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. [1] There is a significant presence of Basque-Americans in the Bakersfield area. Many of Bakersfield's oldest and most historic restaurants are Basque , [ 2 ] including Woolgrowers, Noriega's, Pyrenees, Benji's, and Narducci's.
Basel (/ ˈ b ɑː z əl /, BAH-zəl; German: ⓘ), also known as Basle, [note 1] is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the River Rhine (at the transition from the High to the Upper Rhine). [4] Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zurich and Geneva), with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits. [5]
Los Altos also boasts the highest median home value at more than $2,000,000, according to the 2021 survey—now, in 2023, Zillow reports that the typical home value in the California city is a ...
Business Insider's author spent six days in Basel, Switzerland, discovering art and nearby French towns and embarking on epic hikes. A Swiss town borders 2 other countries, making it the ideal ...
The BIS-Tower, more commonly known as the BIS-high rise, is a 69.5-meter-high administrative tower and headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. Designed by architect Martin Burckhardt and built between 1972 and 1977, the tower is a landmark of the Central Railway Station and the city of Basel. From the ...
One of California’s most recent AVAs (American Viticultural Areas), approved in 2022, the San Luis Obispo Coast is a narrow strip, only 15 miles across at its widest point, that runs north and ...
A 19th century agricultural and trade colony, it was known for its connection to the Donner Party, the California Gold Rush, and the formation of Sacramento as well as its proximity to the California Trail and Siskiyou Trails. Now a state park, threatened with closure in 2008.
1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashed south of nearby Hochwald while attempting to land at Basel-Mulhouse Airport. The accident became known in the British media as the Basle air crash and was the deadliest aviation disaster in Swiss history with the loss of 108 lives. [23] 1977 – Basler Zeitung (newspaper) begins ...