Aventicum

Canton of Vaud · Switzerland

Aventicum, Switzerland
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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April to October
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The former capital of Roman Helvetia at present-day Avenches, once home to some twenty thousand inhabitants. Surviving city walls, an amphitheatre and a lone temple column mark the extent of the ancient town.

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