Venta Icenorum
Venta Icenorum was the civitas or capital of the Iceni tribe, located at modern-day Caistor St Edmund in the English county of Norfolk. The Iceni inhabited the flatlands and marshes of that county and are famous for having revolted against Roman rule under their queen Boudica in the winter of 61 CE.Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman city in Norfolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “Venta Icenorum Roman Town”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Edmund and Church of St Remigius.
Church of St Edmund
Church
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Edmund is situated 640 feet southeast of Venta Icenorum.
Church of St Remigius
Church
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Remigius is situated 4,100 feet south of Venta Icenorum.
Dunston Hall Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunston Hall Hotel is an Elizabethan Revival style Grade II listed building in the village of Dunston, Norfolk, England. It is part of the QHotels Collection group of hotels and has an AA four-star rating. Dunston Hall Hotel is situated 1 mile south of Venta Icenorum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caistor St Edmund and Keswick.
Caistor St Edmund
Village
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caistor St Edmund is a settlement in the civil parish of Caistor St Edmund and Bixley, in the South Norfolk district, in the English county of Norfolk.
Keswick
Village
Keswick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Keswick and Intwood, in the South Norfolk district, in the English county of Norfolk. Keswick is located 6.5 miles east of Wymondham and 2.4 miles south-west of Norwich.
Arminghall
Village
Photo: Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arminghall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Caistor St Edmund and Bixley, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England.
Venta Icenorum
- Categories: Roman city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Caistor St. Edmund, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.58342° or 52° 35′ 0″ northLongitude
1.29107° or 1° 17′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9F43H7MR+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 207380080OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1407535
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Spanish—“Venta Icenorum” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Venta Icenorum”
- Catalan: “Venta Icenorum”
- Chinese: “文塔伊森诺龙”
- Chinese: “文塔伊森諾龍”
- Chinese: “温塔爱西尼拉姆”
- Chinese: “溫塔愛西尼拉姆”
- Dutch: “Venta Icenorum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فينتا آيسينوروم”
- Esperanto: “Venta Icenorum”
- French: “Venta Icenorum”
- German: “Venta Icenorum”
- Italian: “Venta Icenorum”
- Ladin: “Venta Icenorum”
- Latin: “Venta Icenorum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Venta Icenorum”
- Norwegian: “Venta Icenorum”
- Portuguese: “Venta dos Icenos”
- Portuguese: “Venta Icenorum”
- Spanish: “Venta Icenorum”
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