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Mike 🇪🇺

February 22, 2018

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The Roman tower was the northwestern corner tower of the city wall of the Roman Colonia Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (now Cologne) from the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Located at the address Zeughausstraße 13 [1], it is the best-preserved part of the Roman city fortification. There were a total of 19 towers.
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Rinaldini

January 10, 2022

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Shortly after the elevation to the Roman colony Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the Romans began building the new, almost four-kilometer-long city wall, which was provided with 19 towers and nine gates. One of the towers is the well-preserved north-west tower "Römerturm", built around 50 AD.

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AnWaterlife

October 14, 2022

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A well-preserved tower from Roman times.

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