Vindonissa Legionnaires Trail

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Signpost of the Legionnaires' Path

The Legionnaires 'Path Vindonissa is a station path opened in summer 2009 at the excavation sites of the Roman legionnaires' camp Vindonissa in the Swiss municipality of Windisch . It was developed by a project team on behalf of the Canton of Aargau and implemented by an exhibition office with the support of sponsors and the “Friends of Vindonissapark” association. According to the concept of living history, the Legionnaires' Path forms an experience space for groups and individual visitors and combines experimental archeology with a lively teaching of history. When it opened, it comprised eight stations, and since 2011 nine stations, and is to be expanded further over the next few years. Several of the stations are hidden from the outside and only accessible to visitors to the Legionnaires' Path. The Legionnaires' Path is open from April 1st to October 31st (except Mondays). Several tours with different thematic focus are offered.

The Legionnaires' Path has been organizationally connected to the Aargau Museum since autumn 2010 . At the same time he is grouped with the Vindonissa Museum and the monastery church Königsfelden umbrella brand Vindonissapark .

Stations

The stations of the Legionnaires' Path enable visitors to not only hear about the life of the legionnaires in Vindonissa in short radio plays, but to experience it for themselves. The legionnaires' path begins at the Contubernia and ends in the amphitheater . The stations are in detail:

Interior of a Contubernium

I. Contubernia : The team rooms are located in a place where legionnaires' quarters are suspected. They are built and equipped according to ancient models. School classes, families and groups such as legionaries can stay here. The meals of the legionnaires are also prepared there as was customary with the Roman legionnaires.

II. Porta Principalis : west gate

III. Cloaca Maxima : sewer pipe

IV. Porta Decumana : north gate

V. Balneum : The bathroom is divided into cold, lukewarm and hot bath rooms and has colored wall paintings. Blue glazing was built over the excavated structural remains of the bath. The atmosphere of the ancient bathing world is accompanied by a scent of natural essences, as the Romans already knew them.

VI. Culina Centurionis : home of a senior officer. A special feature is the sunken kitchen, which was furnished in a Mediterranean style. The main staging element of the exhibition concept are photo-realistic montages. This station was opened in 2006.

VII. Via et Porta Praetoria : main street and south gate. The city gate is visualized in a modern way in its original dimensions.

VIII. Aquaeductus : The only still functioning Roman aqueduct north of the Alps that still feeds a fountain today (see Vindonissa aqueducts ).

IX. Amphitheater : Switzerland's largest amphitheater

X. Field hospital : Legionnaires' infirmary in the form of two tents. Opening in summer 2013.

gallery

  • Station I:
    Contubernia (under construction)
  • Station I:
    Contubernia
  • Station II:
    West Gate
  • Station III:
    Cloaca Maxima
  • Station IV:
    Porta Decumana
  • Station VI:
    Culina Conturionissche Legionnaire's kitchen
  • Station VII:
    Via et Porta Praetoria
  • Station VIII:
    Aquaeductus

Remarks

  1. ↑ The basis was the diploma thesis "Vindonissapark - The ancient oasis in the modern world. Project sketch and marketing concept" from 2002 as part of the master's program in cultural management at the University of Basel. http://www.kulturmanagement.org/fileadmin/user_upload/redaktion/diplomarbeiten_2002.pdf

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