Führer durch Augusta Raurica (Guide to Augusta Raurica)
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Führer durch Augusta Raurica (Guide to Augusta Raurica)Description
Augusta Raurica is the best-preserved ancient theatre north of the Alps. The longest accessible sewer from Roman times. Augusta Raurica is one of the most important Roman sites in Switzerland. The area of the Roman city of Augusta Rauric lies on the south bank of the Rhine 10 km to the east of Basel in the so-called "Three Countries' Triangle" of Switzerland, France and Germany. The town of the 1st to 3rd centuries A. D. lay on the low terrace above the river in Augst. The settlement then extended to the low ground by the Rhine (Kaiseraugst) from about 100 A. D. This lower town, with its harbour, trading and artisan neighbourhoods, took over the site of an abandoned early imperial Roman military camp of about 20-5 0 A.D. In the late Roman period, from about 270 A.D., the fortifications on the Kasteien headland were built, followed by the fortress (Castrum Rauracense, 4th century) on the Rhine where the village of Kaiseraugst was later situated.Collection
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