Fectio
Fectio, known as Vechten in Old Dutch, was a Roman castellum in the province Germania Inferior established in the year 4 or 5 AD. It was located at the place where the river Vecht branched off from the Rhine, leading to Lake Flevo, which was later to become the Zuiderzee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vechten Fort and Waterliniemuseum.
Vechten Fort
Fort
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Vechten Fort is situated 300 metres northeast of Fectio.
Waterliniemuseum
Museum
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Waterliniemuseum is situated 340 metres northeast of Fectio.
Reduit at Fort bij Vechten
Bunker
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Reduit at Fort bij Vechten is a bunker, which is situated 350 metres north of Fectio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vechten and Oud-Wulven.
Oud-Wulven
Hamlet
Oud-Wulven is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located just north of the village of Houten, and is part of that municipality.
Lunetten
Quarter
Lunetten is a neighbourhood in the southeastern part of the city of Utrecht, that has approximately 12.000 inhabitants. It is mainly a residential area, since there is no significant industry present.
Fectio
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: village in Netherlands
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Bunnik, Utrecht Hill Ridge, Utrecht, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Fectio” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fectio”
- Dutch: “Overblijfselen van het Romeinse fort Fectio met naastgelegen burgernederzetting”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 45717”
- French: “Fectio”
- German: “Fectio”
- Italian: “Fectio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fectio”
- Norwegian: “Fectio”
- Persian: “فکتیو”
- Portuguese: “Fectio”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fectio”
- Slovenian: “Fectio”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wayen and Bunnik.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fectio”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.