Fectio
Sign in to saveFectio, known as Vechten in Old Dutch, was a Roman castellum in the province Germania Inferior established in the year 4 or 5 AD. It was located at the place where the river Vecht (Fectio) branched off from the Rhine, leading to Lake Flevo, which was later to become the Zuiderzee. This was near the modern hamlet of Vechten in the municipality Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands.
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- Ancient site.name
- Fectio
- Ancient site.image
- Romeinse wachttoren fort vechten netherlands.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Reconstruction of a watch tower near Fectio
- Ancient site.map_type
- Netherlands
- Ancient site.location
- Utrecht, Netherlands
- Ancient site.region
- Germania Inferior
- Ancient site.type
- Castellum
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Part_of
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1631-020
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
- 2021
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
- Cultural: ii, iii, iv
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Fectio, known as Vechten in Old Dutch, was a Roman castellum in the province Germania Inferior established in the year 4 or 5 AD. It was located at the place where the river Vecht (Fectio) branched off from the Rhine, leading to Lake Flevo, which was later to become the Zuiderzee. This was near the modern hamlet of Vechten in the municipality Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands.
==History== Imperial Roman coinage reveals that the castellum was built by order of Tiberius, then engaged in his campaign of 4–5 AD. It was probably used as a starting point for cross-border punitive raids. In 40 AD the emperor Caligula visited Fectio during the trip to Lugdunum Batavorum, the ancient Brittenburg. In its vineyards, the remains of an ancient postage stamp were discovered during the excavations of 1995.
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