Virunum
Claudium Virunum was a Roman city in the province of Noricum, on today's Zollfeld in the Austrian State of Carinthia. Virunum may also have been the name of the older Celtic-Roman settlement on the hilltop of Magdalensberg nearby.Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prunnerkreuz, Maria Saal and Schloss Meiselberg.
Prunnerkreuz, Maria Saal
Wayside shrine
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Prunnerkreuz, Maria Saal is a wayside shrine, which is situated 460 metres northwest of Virunum.
Schloss Meiselberg
Castle
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schloss Meiselberg is a castle, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Virunum.
Filialkirche St Leonhard in Arndorf
Church
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Filialkirche St Leonhard in Arndorf is a church, which is situated 1 km southwest of Virunum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. Veit an der Glan and Bärndorf.
St. Veit an der Glan
Town
Photo: Binter, Public domain.
St. Veit an der Glan is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the administrative centre of the St. Veit an der Glan District. It served as the capital of the Duchy of Carinthia until 1518. The famous chef Wolfgang Puck was born there in 1949. St. Veit an der Glan is situated 8 km north of Virunum.
Bärndorf
Hamlet
Photo: Niki.L, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bärndorf is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km west of Virunum.
Thalsdorf
Village
Photo: Niki.L, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thalsdorf is a village, which is situated 9 km northeast of Virunum.
Virunum
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman settlement in the province of Noricum (modern-day Austria)
- Categories: human settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Maria Saal, Klagenfurt-Land District, Carinthia, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.69791° or 46° 41′ 53″ northLongitude
14.36717° or 14° 22′ 2″ eastElevation
455 metres (1,493 feet)Open location code
8FRPM9X8+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 351973266OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Virunum” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Virunum”
- Chinese: “維魯努姆”
- Chinese: “维鲁努姆”
- Czech: “Virunum”
- Danish: “Virunum”
- Dutch: “Virunum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيرونوم”
- French: “Virunum”
- German: “Virunum”
- Hebrew: “וירונום”
- Hungarian: “Claudium Virunum”
- Hungarian: “Virunum”
- Irish: “Virunum”
- Italian: “Viruno”
- Italian: “Virunum”
- Japanese: “ヴィルヌーム”
- Latin: “Virunum”
- Latvian: “Viruna”
- Persian: “ویرونوم”
- Polish: “Virunum (miasto)”
- Polish: “Virunum”
- Romanian: “Virunum”
- Russian: “Вирун”
- Slovenian: “Virun”
- Slovenian: “Virunum”
- Spanish: “Virunum”
- Swedish: “Virunum”
- Ukrainian: “Virunum”
- Ukrainian: “Вірунум”
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