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Nijmegen is so old that even the first mention of this place in history is in the 1st century BC, when the Romans built a military camp on the place where the present Nijmegen was to appear. When I viewed the place and see how it is, I could only imagine why: the location had great strategic value because of the surrounding hills, which gave (and continue to give) a good view over the Waal and Rhine valley.
The following is an excerpt from Wikipedia and I quote it:
By 69, when the Batavians, the original inhabitants of the Rhine and Maas valley, revolted, a village called Oppidum Batavorum had formed near the Roman camp. This village was destroyed in the revolt, but when the revolt had ended the Romans built another, bigger camp where the Legio X Gemina was stationed. Soon after, another village formed around this camp.Isn't the place interesting? It's not as big as the Hague where I came from but still, the place some some stuff to boast of its own. Am not sober that I am here! ^^
In 98 Nijmegen was the first of two settlements in what is now the Kingdom of the Netherlands to receive Roman city rights.[2]
In 103 the X Gemina was restationed to Vienna, which may have been a major blow to the economy of the village around the camp. In 104 Emperor Trajan renamed the town, which now became known as Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum, Noviomagus for short (the origin of the current name Nijmegen). Few Roman remains are visible today; a fragment of the old city wall can be seen near the casino and the foundations of the amphitheatre are traced in the paving of the present-day Rembrandtstraat. However, the Valkhof museum has a large collection of Roman artifacts that have been dug up over the years.
thanks for showing us some images from your new town:-)))
RispondiEliminanice pictures... I kinda can not see the toilet in your pictures however, hahaha. Also I like the layout of this blog the best.
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