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Centum Prata

Western Europe

Centum Prata was a Roman vicus on the eastern shore of Lake Zurich, whose remains lie in Kempraten in the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is the most important archaeological site from the Gallo-Roman era in that canton.

Facts
Founding Year
40 1
Founding Year
40 1
Latitude
47.238642 degrees north 2
Longitude
8.816358 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. Centum Prata (Wikipedia)
  • History
    Centum Prata was founded around 40 AD at the intersection of the roads between Zürich (Turicum) and assumably via Irgenhausen Castrum towards Winterthur (Vitudurum), on the waterway over Obersee, the present Linth canal and Walensee towards Chur (Curia Raetorum), and on the alpine route towards the Roman heartland in northern Italy.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Centum Prata (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 47.238642, longitude 8.816358
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 47.2386,8.8164
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 428.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, 8.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, 8.75
47.25 8.75 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Rapperswil - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2659099, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.52 km)
Quote, cities500 record 2659099, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.52 km)
47.22557 8.82228 P PPL CH SG 1726 3340 34776 408 Europe/Zurich
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Wikidata: Centum Prata
Wikidata Q8987384, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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