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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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
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Alzey Castle is situated 350 metres north of Castra Alteium.
St. Nicholas Church, Alzey
Church
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St. Nicholas Church, Alzey is situated 410 metres northwest of Castra Alteium.
Museum der Stadt Alzey
Museum
Museum der Stadt Alzey is situated 600 metres northwest 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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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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