Cruises from Xanten
Xanten (population 22,00) is a German town (the only one beginning with ‘X’) on the Lower Rhine. Around 15 BC the Roman camp Vetera was created near modern-day Xanten. After the destruction of Vetera in 70 AD a second camp became established, named Castra Vetera II. In 110 AD the Roman emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus renamed the town Colonia Ulpia Traiana: a completely new town with a town wall and other buildings like an amphitheater.
Read moreIn 1975, the Archäologischer Park Xanten (Xanten Archaeological Park), a partial reconstruction of the Roman Colonia Ulpia Traiana, built on the site of the original Roman town, was established and opened for tourism.
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