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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vechten Fort and Waterliniemuseum.

Fort
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is situated 300 metres northeast of Fectio.

Museum
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is situated 340 metres northeast of Fectio.

Bunker
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is a bunker, which is situated 350 metres north of Fectio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vechten and Oud-Wulven.

Hamlet
Photo: Neushorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is located just north of the village of , and is part of that municipality.

Quarter
is a in the southeastern part of the city of , which has approximately 12,000 inhabitants. It is mainly a residential area, since there is no significant industry present.

Fectio

Latitude
52.05611° or 52° 3′ 22″ north
Longitude
5.16556° or 5° 9′ 56″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9F473548+C6
Geo­Names ID
6950741
Wiki­data ID
Q2311719
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Satellite Map

Discover Fectio from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”

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