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HERITAGE RECORD · 1608

Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)

罗马帝国边界——多瑙河界墙(西段)

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

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World Heritage record

It covers almost 600km of the whole Roman Empire’s Danube frontier. The property formed part of the much large frontier of the Roman Empire that encircled the Mediterranean Sea. The Danube Limes (Western Segment) reflects the specificities of this part of the Roman Frontier through the selection of sites that represent key elements from roads, legionary fortresses and their associated settlements to small forts and temporary camps, and the way these structures relate to local topography.

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.
(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.
(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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Cultural archive

Record lead

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Brief synthesis The Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) ran for almost 600 km along the River Danube, following the northern and eastern boundaries of the Roman provinces of Raetia (eastern part), Noricum and the north of Pannonia, from Bad Gögging in Germany through Austria to Iža in Slovakia.

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