🏛️ Sablones-Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Ruins of a Roman settlement on the Lower Rhine
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Founded: circa 100 CE under Emperor Trajan
- Archaeological Status: Excavated remains; open-air museum since 1977
- Coordinates: 51.501948, 6.309252
Colonia Ulpia Traiana was a Roman settlement established on the Lower Rhine during the reign of Emperor Trajan in the early second century. The site preserves archaeological remains of a civilian settlement that developed alongside the nearby military fort of Vetera. Today it functions as an open-air archaeological museum operated by the Römisches Museum (Roman Museum) in Xanten, displaying reconstructed and excavated structures from the Roman occupation period ...