Porta Claudia

Porta Claudia is a scenic viewpoint in Austria. Porta Claudia is situated nearby to the post office miniM Postpartner, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Blick nach Mittenwald.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mauerreste der Porta Claudia and Porta Claudia.

Mauerreste der Porta Claudia

Historic site

Photo: Chianti, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mauerreste der Porta Claudia is a historic site.

The Porta Claudia is a former fortification at the Scharnitz Pass, where the valley of the River Isar narrows near the village of Scharnitz, on the Bavarian border near Mittenwald. Porta Claudia is situated 170 metres west of Porta Claudia.

Scharnitz railway station

Railway station

Photo: Priwo, Public domain.

Scharnitz railway station is situated 450 metres south of Porta Claudia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scharnitz Pass and Scharnitz.

Scharnitz Pass

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Scharnitz Pass is a narrow section of the upper Isar valley in the Northern Limestone Alps. It lies at a height of about 955 m on the Austro-German border between the states of Bavaria and Tyrol.

Scharnitz

Village

Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scharnitz is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 16.4 kilometres north of Innsbruck and 9 kilometres from Seefeld in Tirol on the German border.

Gießenbach

Hamlet

Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0.

Gießenbach is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southwest of Porta Claudia.

Porta Claudia

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Wheelchair access: no
Category: tourism
Location: Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.39564° or 47° 23′ 44″ north

Longitude

11.26474° or 11° 15′ 53″ east

Open location code

8FVH97W7+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 766865017

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

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Highlights include miniM Postpartner and Blick nach Mittenwald.

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