Castra Alteium

The Castra Alteium is a former late-Roman border fort on the Danube-Iller-Rhine Limes. It is located in the territory of the city of Alzey in Rhenish Hesse, Germany.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: Roman fort
Also known as: “Castra of Alzey”, “Castrum Alteium”, and “Castrum Altinum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alzey Castle and St. Nicholas Church, Alzey.

Alzey Castle

Castle

Photo: Serie1, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Alzey Castle is situated 350 metres north of Castra Alteium.

St. Nicholas Church, Alzey

Church

Photo: DerMaxdorfer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Nicholas Church, Alzey is situated 410 metres northwest of Castra Alteium.

Catholic St. Joseph’s Church, Alzey

Church

Photo: Edgar El, CC BY 3.0.

Catholic St. Joseph’s Church, Alzey is situated 360 metres west of Castra Alteium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alzey and Kettenheim.

Alzey

Town

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Alzey is a Verband-free town – one belonging to no Verbandsgemeinde – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the fifth-largest town in Rhenish Hesse, after Mainz, Worms, Ingelheim am Rhein and Bingen.

Kettenheim

Village

Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kettenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Wahlheim

Village

Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wahlheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It has 587 inhabitants and an area of 3.27 km2. Wahlheim is situated 3 km south of Castra Alteium.

Castra Alteium

Categories: castrum, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Alzey, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.74296° or 49° 44′ 35″ north

Longitude

8.11742° or 8° 7′ 3″ east

Elevation

185 metres (607 feet)

Open location code

8FXCP4V8+5X

GeoNames ID

7911402

Wikidata ID

Q1735330

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Castra Alteium” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Kastell Alzey”
French: “Fort d’Alzey”
German: “Alteium”
German: “Kastell Alzey”
German: “Römerkastell (Alzey)”
Latin: “Alteium” (historical)
Portuguese: “Castra Alteium”

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