Colonia Ulpia Traiana
The Colonia Ulpia Traiana was a Roman city located in the area of present-day Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It existed approximately from 100 to 275 CE and was a major center of the province of Germania Inferior.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Roman city
- Also known as: “Archaeological Park of Xanten”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological Park of Xanten and Amphitheatre of Xanten.
Archaeological Park of Xanten
Park
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Archaeological Park of Xanten is situated 170 metres south of Colonia Ulpia Traiana.
Amphitheatre of Xanten
Archaeological site
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amphitheatre of Xanten is an archaeological site, which is situated 520 metres east of Colonia Ulpia Traiana.
Xanten Cathedral
Church
Xanten Cathedral, sometimes called St. Victor's Cathedral, is a Catholic church situated in Xanten, a historic town in the lower Rhine area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Xanten Cathedral is situated 1 km southeast of Colonia Ulpia Traiana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xanten and Lüttingen.
Xanten
Town
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Xanten is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel. Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the world, built at the site of the Roman settlements Colonia Ulpia Traiana.
Vetera
Locality
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Vetera was the name of the location of two successive Roman legionary camps in the province of Germania Inferior near present-day Xanten on the Lower Rhine. Vetera is situated 3½ km southeast of Colonia Ulpia Traiana.
Colonia Ulpia Traiana
- Categories: Roman city, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Xanten, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Colonia Ulpia Traiana” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- Catalan: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- Cebuano: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- Dutch: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- Dutch: “Colonia Ulpia Trajana”
- French: “Castra Vetera”
- French: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- French: “Tricensimae”
- Georgian: “კოლონია ულპია ტრაიანა”
- Georgian: “კოლონია-ულპია-ტრაიანა”
- Georgian: “ულპია ტრაიანა”
- Georgian: “ულპია-ტრაიანა”
- German: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- German: “LVR-Archäologischer Park Xanten”
- German: “Ulpia Traiana”
- Italian: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- Latin: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- Portuguese: “Colônia Úlpia Trajana”
- Romanian: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- Russian: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
- Russian: “Колония Ульпия Траяна”
- Spanish: “Colonia Ulpia Traiana”
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