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Barbarenstein Memorial

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    February 26, 2024

    In 1912, Giessen citizen Robert Sommer had a memorial stone made of yellowish-gray sandstone, modeled on a Roman grave stele, erected on the rampart of a reconstructed section of the Limes.
    The tall rectangular sandstone block rises on a quarry stone base and is covered with a triangular roof with a embossed gable field and a central flower. A carved Latin inscription is spread across its four sides: Limes Impe Rii Romani, Memo Riae Roma Norvm Barbarvs Anno Mdccccxii, Civis Gisensis, Robertvs Sommer Cvm Vxore.


    Translated: "To the memory of the Romans, a barbarian in 1912"

    It is reminiscent of the course of the Roman Limes.

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      Location: Pohlheim, Landkreis Gießen, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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