Xanten
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Xanten is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel.
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Set of Roman silvered-bronze horse trappings from Xanten, now in the British Museum
Reconstructed Roman amphitheatre in Archäologischer Park Xanten
Klever Tor in Xanten
Sigurd
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In Nordic tradition, Sigurd or Sigvard, in German tradition, Siegfried, is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon — known in Nordic tradition as Fafnir — and who was later mur
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…did not build in stone, unlike the Romans. Only graves from this time have been discovered. According to the legend of the Nibelungs, the mythical Siegfried of Xanten was born ze Santen an dem Rhîne. In the second half of the 8th century a church was built on the grounds of an old cemetery of the ancient Roman colony…
The death of Siegfried. Hagen stands to the right of Siegfried with a bow. From the Hundeshagenscher Kodex.
"Sigurd proofs the sword Gram" (1901) by Johannes Gehrts.
Siegfried's Departure from Kriemhild, by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, c. 1843
Siegfried and the dragon - From the painting by Delitz, found in The Victrola book of the opera, 1910.