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Where: Xanten, Germany. [View location on Google Maps]
What: Interesting arch-way underneath the uncovered and rebuilt amphitheater of the Archeological Park.
(3 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
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Where: Xanten, Germany. [View location on Google Maps]
What: Decorations part of the Roman Games depicting a fighter and his noble steed.
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Escape from the maze.
Where: Xanten, Germany. [View location on Google Maps]
What: Like parts of the walls around the city, the original walls of several Roman houses are represented by a series of hedges. Some are large enough to form a maze. Finally found the exit from this one.
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Temple of doom.
Where: Xanten, Germany. [View location on Google Maps]
What: The partially rebuilt Hafentemple - named after the nearby harbour at the Rhine - in the Archeological Park.
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse…
Where: Archeological Park, Xanten, Germany. [View location on Google Maps]
What: … even if the horse is mechanical. The bronze statue, located in front of the rebuilt amphitheatre, is made by Albert Sous who created it completely from industrial scrap.
(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Colonia Ulpia Traiana.
Where: Xanten, Germany. [View location on Google Maps]
What: Ulpia Traiana is the original name of the Roman colony that was rebuilt as part of the ‘Archeological Park Xanten’.
(2 votes, average: 2.5 out of 5) Loading ...Flush.
Where: Xanten, Germany.
What: Method for transport of water, according to the Roman Empire.
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