Atuatuca
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Atuatuca is the name of two ancient fortified settlements located in the eastern part of modern Belgium, between the Scheldt and Rhine rivers. The oldest one, Atuatuca Eboronum, attested during the Ga
Roman city wall at Atuatuca Tungrorum, modern Tongeren (Belgium).
The plateau of Caestert looking northwest, from just south of Maastricht, north of Visé near the point where Wallonia, Flanders and the Netherlands meet. Caestert is on a ridge called Mount Saint Peter. Today this ridge is split by the modern Albert Canal, which runs just south of the Caestert archaeological site upon the ridge.
Tongeren
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Tongeren is a city and former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only
Atuatuca
…oldest one, Atuatuca Eboronum, attested during the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), was the stronghold of the Eburones. The other one, Atuatuca Tungrorum (modern Tongeren), founded around 10 BC, was the Roman-era capital of the Civitas Tungrorum, inhabited by the Tungri. The place name Atuatuca is first mentioned in the…
View of the Grote Markt
The Moeren Gate, a monumental gate in the medieval city wall
Het Plein ("The Square") with a "Perron", the historic symbol of being one of the "Good Cities".