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 Founding Year Latitude47.238642 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone 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.
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View the Source2. Centum Prata (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 47.238642, longitude 8.816358
View the Source 3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 47.2386,8.8164
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 428.0
View the Source 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, 8.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, 8.75
47.25 8.75 Cfb
View the Source 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
View the Source Wikidata: Centum Prata
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