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Aquincum

Aquincum was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the province of Pannonia within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found in the district of , the capital city of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: historical settlement in the Roman Empire
  • Also known as: “AQUINCUM CASTRUM”
  • Address: Flórián tér 6-9, Budapest, 1033

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Flórián Üzletközpont and Fürdőmúzeum.

Shopping center
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is a shopping center.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 150 metres south of Aquincum.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 210 metres southwest of Aquincum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Óbuda and Hajógyári Island.

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is, together with and , one of the three cities that were unified to form the capital city of in 1873. Today, together with Békásmegyer, forms a part of the city's third district, although the toponym is also sometimes used for northern Buda as a whole.

Suburb
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or Óbudai-sziget is the largest in . Located in District III, it is a popular recreational area, year round. It is the home of the international Sziget Festival every August.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Aquincum

Latitude
47.54249° or 47° 32′ 33″ north
Longitude
19.04053° or 19° 2′ 26″ east
Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)
Open location code
8FVXG2RR+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5380124423
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
9457234
Wiki­data ID
Q623345
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Western Armenian—“Aquincum” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Akouinkon”
  • Aragonese: “Aquincum”
  • Armenian: “Աքվինկում”
  • Azerbaijani: “Akvink”
  • Azerbaijani: “Akvinkum”
  • Azerbaijani: “Atsinkum”
  • Basque: “Aquincum”
  • Belarusian: “Аквінкум”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Аквінкум”
  • Bulgarian: “Аквинкум”
  • Catalan: “Aquíncum”
  • Cebuano: “Aquincum”
  • Chinese: “阿昆庫姆”
  • Czech: “Aquincum”
  • Dutch: “Aquincum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكوينكوم”
  • Esperanto: “Aquincum”
  • Finnish: “Aquincum”
  • French: “Aquincum”
  • German: “Aquincum-Museum”
  • German: “Aquincum”
  • German: “Aquinkum”
  • German: “Castra Aquincum”
  • Greek: “Ακούιγκον”
  • Hebrew: “אקווינקום”
  • Hungarian: “Aquincum”
  • Indonesian: “Aquincum”
  • Italian: “Aquinco”
  • Italian: “Aquincum”
  • Japanese: “アクィクム”
  • Japanese: “アクィンクム”
  • Japanese: “アクインクム”
  • Japanese: “アクインクム遺跡”
  • Korean: “아쿠인쿰”
  • Korean: “아퀸쿰”
  • Latin: “Aquincum”
  • Latvian: “Akvinka”
  • Macedonian: “Аквинк”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aquincum”
  • Persian: “آکوئینکوم”
  • Polish: “Aquincum”
  • Portuguese: “Aquinco”
  • Portuguese: “Aquincum”
  • Romanian: “Aquincum”
  • Russian: “Аквинк”
  • Russian: “Аквинкум”
  • Russian: “Ацинкум”
  • Serbian: “Аквинкум”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akvinkum”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aquincum”
  • Slovenian: “Akvinkum”
  • Spanish: “Aquincum”
  • Swedish: “Aquincum”
  • Turkish: “Aquincum”
  • Ukrainian: “Аквінк”
  • Ukrainian: “Аквінкум”
  • Uzbek: “Akvink”
  • Vietnamese: “Aquincum”
  • Western Armenian: “Աքուինքում”

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