Fortress
Carnuntum
🇦🇹 Austria
Carnuntum (from Ancient Greek Καρνοῦς (Carnous) according to Ptolemy) was a Roman legionary fortress (Latin: castra legionis) 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 approximately 50,000 inhabitants.
Its impressive remains are situated on the Danube in Lower Austria halfway between Vienna and Bratislava in the Carnuntum Archaeological Park extending over an area of 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) near today's villages of Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg.
Text adapted from “Carnuntum” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carnuntum ranks #213 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 183 mapped in Austria. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Carnuntum?
Carnuntum stands in Austria, at 48.11333°, 16.86139°.
How famous is Carnuntum?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #213 of 7,044 worldwide, and #5 in Austria. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Carnuntum?
Schloss Rohrau, about 6 km away.
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