The Gate of Blasius (in German Bläsitor) is a former city gate in the ancient city walls of Basel, Switzerland. It was pulled down in 1867 along with three other gateways and the city walls. The Amsterdamse Poort, the only remaining city gate of Haarlem, the Netherlands, was built in 1355. ... The Basel City Walls are a former complex of walls in the central part of the Swiss city of Basel. ... Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...