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Aquis Querquennis
🇪🇸 Spain
Aquis Querquennis is a Roman fort in Ourense Province, Galicia. It was constructed circa 69-79 AD to house soldiers building the Via XVIII and was occupied by the Legio VII Gemina until that unit was posted to Dacia in 120 AD and the fort abandoned. The fort was rediscovered in the 1920s and some excavations carried out by local archaeologist Florentino López Cuevillas. In 1949 the site was flooded by construction of the As Conchas reservoir. Since 1975 excavations have been carried out on the fort during periods when the reservoir level falls.
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Aquis Querquennis ranks #126 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #24 of the 433 mapped in Spain. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Aquis Querquennis?
Aquis Querquennis stands in Spain, at 41.97421°, -7.98053°.
How famous is Aquis Querquennis?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #126 of 6,412 worldwide, and #24 in Spain. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Aquis Querquennis?
Castle of Castro Laboreiro, about 16 km away.
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