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| | Bern , Zürich, Geneva, Lausanne, Basel, Lucerne, Zug, canton of Ticino, Bellinzona, Lugano, Locarno, Glarus, |
 | | In 1499 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I attempted to abrogate various Swiss governmental rights; in the ensuing war he was defeated, and by the Treaty of Basel on September 22, 1499, he was compelled to recognize the virtual independence of the Swiss. |
 | | The library of Basel University, with about 2.8 million volumes, is among the largest in Switzerland. |
 | | Although Switzerland is landlocked, the Swiss merchant marine, created by decree of the federal government in 1941, consists of about 23 large oceangoing vessels and 280 river barges, which operate from foreign ports and from the port of Basel on the Rhine River. |
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