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Römerstadt Carnuntum — Attraction in Gemeinde Petronell-Carnuntum

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Römerstadt Carnuntum
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Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.
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Heidentor
Heidentorgasse 34, 2404 Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria
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Forum Culinarium
Hauptstraße 1, 2404 Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria
zum Heidentor
Hauptstraße 44, 2404 Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria
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Hotel Marc Aurel
Hauptstraße 10, 2404 Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria
Tennishalle - Peiritsch Johanna u Gerhard
Bruckerstraße 28, 2404 Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria
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Römerstadt Carnuntum

Hauptstraße 1A, 2404 Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria
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Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.

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attractions: Heidentor, restaurants: Forum Culinarium, zum Heidentor
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4.7

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Silvia KlucarovaSilvia Klucarova
This outdoor interactive museum is absolutely amazing! From the start, everything was perfect. Plenty of parking, very clean toilets, and friendly staff. The way they have recreated the world of the Romans is truly impressive. Walking through the houses felt so real, as if the owners had just stepped out for a moment. Each room gave the feeling of stepping straight into daily Roman life, and the level of detail is outstanding. All the information is available in three languages (German, English, Slovak), which makes it very accessible for everyone. Families will also love the fantastic playground and picnic area. We also enjoyed a relaxing break at the café, which serves delicious food. It’s a wonderful place for both kids and adults, and definitely worth a visit. Highly recommended!
Leo HLeo H
After visiting so many historical ruins over the past few decades, visiting Carnuntum was a real treat! It incredible to experience what the actual buildings were like back then, being able to walk around a house as if someone lives there; including the kitchen smells (they place real vegetables in the kitchen areas), picking up everyday objects, etc. It’s like a living museum and unlike anything I’ve visited before. Definitely save the bath building for your last stop. What’s incredible is that only 0.5% of the site has been excavated and that’s there’s still so much more to found beneath your feet. Also, the only suggestion for improvement is to add a better sense of “you are here now” on the giant model of the ancient city.
Amanda HirschlAmanda Hirschl
I've been there both in normal days and in events (Römerfest, Spätantike). On normal days you can have guided tours and explore the archeological site. On events there are people dressed in character and a program of different attractions, which I super recommend. When visiting the museum, use the opportunity and go to amphitheater ruins and the Heidentor too, which are other related attractions of the city. Note: bringing a snack is a good idea. There is a restaurant that is accessible in the museum but the food can take long (and they may close the kitchen).
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This outdoor interactive museum is absolutely amazing! From the start, everything was perfect. Plenty of parking, very clean toilets, and friendly staff. The way they have recreated the world of the Romans is truly impressive. Walking through the houses felt so real, as if the owners had just stepped out for a moment. Each room gave the feeling of stepping straight into daily Roman life, and the level of detail is outstanding. All the information is available in three languages (German, English, Slovak), which makes it very accessible for everyone. Families will also love the fantastic playground and picnic area. We also enjoyed a relaxing break at the café, which serves delicious food. It’s a wonderful place for both kids and adults, and definitely worth a visit. Highly recommended!
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After visiting so many historical ruins over the past few decades, visiting Carnuntum was a real treat! It incredible to experience what the actual buildings were like back then, being able to walk around a house as if someone lives there; including the kitchen smells (they place real vegetables in the kitchen areas), picking up everyday objects, etc. It’s like a living museum and unlike anything I’ve visited before. Definitely save the bath building for your last stop. What’s incredible is that only 0.5% of the site has been excavated and that’s there’s still so much more to found beneath your feet. Also, the only suggestion for improvement is to add a better sense of “you are here now” on the giant model of the ancient city.
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I've been there both in normal days and in events (Römerfest, Spätantike). On normal days you can have guided tours and explore the archeological site. On events there are people dressed in character and a program of different attractions, which I super recommend. When visiting the museum, use the opportunity and go to amphitheater ruins and the Heidentor too, which are other related attractions of the city. Note: bringing a snack is a good idea. There is a restaurant that is accessible in the museum but the food can take long (and they may close the kitchen).
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4.0
7y

In the past 20 years the areal of the museum in Carnuntum changed radically. At the beginning the appearance of the archaeological areal was shaped by ancient ruins. Now the name “Roman City” seems pretty justified. The past returns to life while walking through the three completely reconstructed buildings with true to original furniture, magnificent mural paintings, functional kitchens and the roman underfloor heating in the thermal baths.

In addition to the archaeological findings, the roman people and the living in the historic Carnuntum is in the focus of the representation. To push this impression a further extension of buildings in the roman city quarter is planned. The main intention is to show a complete roman city block (insula) surrounded by original roman streets which would be worldwide unique.

In 2017 there will be started with a first section to show the surrounding buildings on the roadside of the street in the south. To get a realistic impression of the former appearance the walls of the area of House 1 and Lucius’ House will be reconstructed. The entire building plans shall support an authentic impression of a roman city quarter, so the visitors can literally stroll through the Roman City.

Another step of the building plans is the presentation of the so called Valetudinarium. From this former market area there are currently only the rudiment walls remaining. The reconstruction of the Valetudinarium should close the ranks between the thermal baths and the villa urbana. In the future it can also be used for living history events. After the completion of the excavation and the scientific interpretation of results we will also think about possible reconstruction measures for the southern area in the villa urbana.

The roman insula is surrounded by original streets from the roman times. At the moment the streets in the north, the west and the south of the city block are already excavated. As a last part also the street in the east will...

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5.0
9y

Came to the site on a day in early July when it was 37C and sunny so made it a bit tough but it was great ducking into the reconstructed buildings for shade.

I hold a graduate degree in anthropology so this was a special visit for me. Never been to a site with so many reconstructed buildings previously. Very large archaeological park, took several hours to see the whole place and I didn't linger to long in any particular area. If you're in the Vienna area and have access to a car, this is the place to go! There are 4-5 different areas between here (Petronell) and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg so traveling distances are several kilometers/miles in each direction.

Be aware that other than the entrance building at this site the site is not handicapped accessible since the pathways are not paved but instead peastone or rock pavers and every building or ruin requires taking stairs to enter. Unfortunately that is the nature of these types of sites but important to be aware of. There is a bar/restaurant there if you want a snack/meal/beverage.

A nice visitor's center with some tombstones mounted and a professionally produced reconstruction/dramatization video. Gift shop available.

If you visit all three sites (here, military amphitheater and the Petronell museum) on the same day and have your visitor's passport card stamped then on the last location you visit you'll get a momento copper coin that you personally stamp with sledgehammer in the coin press. This Carnuntum site has a coin of Septimius Severus if you finish here last. If I remember the museum was Marcus Aurelius and a coin of someone else at the amphitheater.

A great place for people of all ages! Loved my visit and thankfully it wasn't overly child-oriented or it might bore adults. Make sure to come with sun shade if it's a hot day. Bring a car if you want to be able to comfortably see all the locations between the Heidentor, amphitheaters and the museum and...

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4.0
4y

lehrreich und überschaubar, das österreichische Herculaneum ist eher eine Lehrstätte, als ein antikes Denkmal und recht klein, liegt ca. 15 min vom Bahnhof entfernt, ein Zug fährt alle Stunde nach Wien, Carnuntum ist der Name für ein mehrperiodiges Legionslager, ein Auxiliarkastell und eine Lagerstadt, die dem Schutz des oberpannonischen Limes dienten. Ab dem 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. war die Zivilstadt Carnuntum auch Verwaltungsmittelpunkt der römischen Provinz (Ober-)Pannonien. Es ist die bedeutendste und am umfangreichsten erforschte antike Ausgrabungsstelle in Österreich und liegt auf den Gemeindegebieten von Petronell-Carnuntum und Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Bundesland Niederösterreich. Es ist auch das einzige nicht modern überbaute Legionslager zwischen Regensburg und Belgrad und damit eines der wichtigsten archäologischen Denkmäler am Donaulimes, der 2021 in Teilen zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe erhoben wurde.

Die Region um ein bis heute nicht lokalisiertes keltisches Siedlungs- und Machtzentrum, das der Historiker Velleius Paterculus als „Carnunto, qui locus regni Norici“ (im Königreich Norikum gelegen) bezeichnete, wurde ab dem 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. zum Sammelpunkt für die Expansion der Römer ins freie Germanien (Barbaricum). Dort zweigte von der Limesstraße eine wichtige Verbindung nach Süden ab. An den Ausläufern der Kleinen Karpaten entwickelte sich bald einer der wichtigsten Siedlungs- und Verteidigungsschwerpunkte in den nördlichen Provinzen des Reiches. Zusammen mit dem Auxiliarlager von Győr zählt das Legionslager in Carnuntum zu den ältesten römischen Befestigungsanlagen am pannonischen Limes. Seinen rasanten Aufstieg verdankte Carnuntum unter anderem seiner günstigen Lage am Kreuzungspunkt zweier alter transkontinentaler Handelsrouten sowie dem Legions- und dem Auxiliarlager, in denen zeitweise bis zu 6500 Mann stationiert waren. Besonders das Nebeneinander von Legionen und Hilfstruppen hob den militärpolitischen Rang dieses Standorts für die Römer hervor. Die Kastelle von Carnuntum standen während der römischen Herrschaft über Pannonien wiederholt im Mittelpunkt bedeutender politischer und militärischer Ereignisse.

Die ältesten archäologischen Zeugnisse aus römischer Zeit datieren in die Mitte des 1. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. Nach Errichtung eines provisorischen Winterlagers unter dem damaligen Feldherrn und späteren Kaiser Tiberius (14–37) entstanden zur Regierungszeit des Claudius (41–54) ein festes Holz-Erde-Lager und zwei Zivilsiedlungen. Zu Beginn des 2. Jahrhunderts lebten dort bereits rund 50.000 Menschen. Das Legionslager wurde um 100 n. Chr. in Stein umgebaut. In der Mitte des 2. Jahrhunderts wurde zusätzlich ein Reiterkastell errichtet. Während der Markomannenkriege führte Kaiser Marc Aurel (161–180) von Carnuntum aus seine Feldzüge in die Stammesgebiete nördlich der Donau. Ende des 2. Jahrhunderts wurde dort der Statthalter Oberpannoniens, Septimius Severus (193–211), von den Donaulegionen zum Kaiser ausgerufen; dies hatte einen erneuten massiven wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung für Pannonien zur Folge. In der Spätantike wurde in Carnuntum ein Stützpunkt der Donauflotte eingerichtet. 308 n. Chr. hielten die Tetrarchen dort die Kaiserkonferenz von Carnuntum ab. In der Mitte des 4. Jahrhunderts verwüstete ein schweres Erdbeben die Region. Diese Naturkatastrophe im Verbund mit der stetigen Reduzierung der Grenztruppen und den desaströsen Auswirkungen der Völkerwanderung leiteten schließlich ihren wirtschaftlichen und demografischen Niedergang ein. Im späten 4. Jahrhundert diente der schon stark heruntergekommene Ort Kaiser Valentinian I. (364–375) als Heerlager für einen Feldzug gegen transdanubische Stammesverbände. Im Laufe des 5. Jahrhunderts wurde das Legionslager von seinen romanischen Bewohnern aufgegeben und verlassen. Zwischen Limes- und Bernsteinstraße liegt das sogenannte Heidentor, ein noch teilweise erhaltenes Triumphalmonument aus dem 4. Jahrhundert, heute das Wahrzeichen der...

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