Petavonium was a Roman legionary fortress, or castrum, of the Legio X Gemina, and later grew into a Roman city formed from its canabae, or civilian camp. It was located in the valley of Vidriales, in what is now the area of Santibanez de Vidriales and its hamlet Rosinos de Vidriales, in the Spanish province of Zamora. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Latitude42.088944 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Petavonium (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 42.088944, longitude -5.997972
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 42.0889,-5.998
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 737.0
3. 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 42.25, -5.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, -5.75
42.25 -5.75 Csb
4. GeoNames: Santibáñez de Vidriales - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3109591, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.23 km)Quote, cities500 record 3109591, nearest place to the city coordinates (2.23 km)
42.07362 -6.01549 P PPLA3 ES 55 ZA 49206 1251 745 Europe/Madrid
Petavonium (Wikipedia)
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Petavonium was a Roman Legionary Fortress (castrum) of the Legio X Gemina, and later a Roman city formed from the canabae, or civilian camp.
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