Centum Prata

Centum Prata is the name of a Roman vicus on the eastern shore of Lake Zurich, whose remains are located in Kempraten in the municipality Rapperswil-Jona, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kapelle St. Ursula and Kempraten railway station.

Kapelle St. Ursula

Church

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kapelle St. Ursula is a church.

Kempraten railway station

Railway station

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kempraten railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, situated near the village of Kempraten in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona. Kempraten railway station is situated 550 metres northwest of Centum Prata.

Kirche Franziskus Kempraten

Church

Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirche Franziskus Kempraten is a church, which is situated 440 metres northwest of Centum Prata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rapperswil and Jona.

Rapperswil is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the constituency of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located between Obersee and the main part of Lake Zurich.

Jona

Town

Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jona is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Hurden

Hamlet

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Hurden is a village in the municipality of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. First mentioned in 1217, the name "de Hurden" was used for the peninsula and for the fish traps made of woven work, called "Hürden" or "Hurden", which were used by the locals. Hurden is situated 2½ km southwest of Centum Prata.

Centum Prata

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: former Roman Vicus in Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Categories: archaeological site, vicus, tourism, and historic site
Location: Rapperswil, See-Gaster, Canton of St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.23596° or 47° 14′ 10″ north

Longitude

8.82061° or 8° 49′ 14″ east

Open location code

8FVC6RPC+96

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2953670478

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q8987384

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In Other Languages

From German to Portuguese—“Centum Prata” goes by many names.

German: “Centum Prata”
Portuguese: “Centum Prata”

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