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 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
Wikidata: Centum Prata
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