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 nearby.
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Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Roman settlement in the province of Noricum (modern-day Austria)
  • Also known as: “Claudium Virunum” and “Virun”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prunnerkreuz, Maria Saal and Schloss Meiselberg.

Wayside shrine
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
is a wayside shrine, which is situated 460 metres northwest of Virunum.

Castle
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Virunum.

Church
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
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.

Town
Photo: Binter, Public domain.
is a town in the state of Carinthia, the administrative centre of the . It served as the capital of the Duchy of Carinthia until 1518. The famous chef Wolfgang Puck was born there in 1949. is situated 8 km north of Virunum.

Hamlet
Photo: Niki.L, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km west of Virunum.

Village
Photo: Niki.L, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 9 km northeast of Virunum.

Virunum

Latitude
46.69791° or 46° 41′ 53″ north
Longitude
14.36717° or 14° 22′ 2″ east
Elevation
455 metres (1,493 feet)
Open location code
8FRPM9X8+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 351973266
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
8335034
Wiki­data ID
Q701582
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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: “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: “Virunum”
  • Spanish: “Virunum”
  • Swedish: “Virunum”
  • Ukrainian: “Вірунум”

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