Tongeren
Tongeren is a locality in Tongeren-Borgloon, Arrondissement of Tongeren, Flanders and has about 29,800 residents. Tongeren is situated nearby to the hamlet Offelken, as well as near Mulken.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 29,800 residents
- Description: Roman city in Tongeren-Borgloon, Belgium
- Postal code: 3700
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of Our Lady and Gallo-Roman Museum.
Basilica of Our Lady
Church
Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of Our Lady, also called Old Cathedral of Tongeren, is the main place of Catholic worship in Tongeren, Belgium, and the former cathedral of the suppressed diocese of Tongeren.
Gallo-Roman Museum
Museum
Photo: Ziko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gallo-Roman Museum is an archeological museum in Tongeren. It is dedicated to the prehistorical times and Roman age of the region in South East Flanders.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tongeren and Mulken.
Tongeren
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tongeren is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg in the Flemish region of Belgium. Its claim to be the "oldest town in Belgium", and its famous "Sunday antique and flea market" make the city a popular tourist attraction.
Tongeren
- Category: Roman city
- Location: Tongeren-Borgloon, Arrondissement of Tongeren, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Walloon—“Tongeren” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Тонгерэн”
- Bulgarian: “Тонгерен”
- Catalan: “Tongeren”
- Cebuano: “Tongeren”
- Chinese: “通厄伦”
- Danish: “Tongeren”
- Dutch: “Tongeren”
- Esperanto: “Tungro”
- French: “Tongres”
- German: “Tongeren”
- German: “Tongern”
- Irish: “Tongeren”
- Italian: “Tongeren”
- Italian: “Tongres”
- Japanese: “トンヘレン”
- Kazakh: “Тонгерен”
- Korean: “통에런”
- Latin: “Atuatuca Tungrorum”
- Limburgan: “Tóngere”
- Lithuanian: “Tongerenas”
- Norwegian: “Tongeren”
- Persian: “تنژران”
- Polish: “Tongeren”
- Russian: “Тонгерен”
- Slovenian: “Tongeren”
- Swedish: “Tongeren”
- Thai: “โตงเงอเริน”
- Ukrainian: “Тонгерен”
- Vlaams: “Toungern”
- Walloon: “Tongue”
- “Tongeren”
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Localities in the Area
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