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Augusta Raurica

archaeological site and former Roman colony town on the southern bank of the Rhine near Augst in the canton of Basel-Land, Switzerland
Place Archaeological Site Q610371

Facts

13 properties

Designation

Instance of
archaeological site, Roman city, thermae, ancient Roman structure, colonia augusta[4][5][6][7]
Heritage designation
class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[15]

Location

Country
Switzerland[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.533°, 7.722°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Augst[2]

Period and style

Inception
44 BC[11]
More facts +7
Official website
www.augustaraurica.ch[12]
Part of
list of cultural properties in Augst[9]
Culture
culture of ancient Rome[17]
Described by source
Pauly–Wissowa, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[13][14]
Elevation above sea level
+286[16]
Has part(s)
Augusta Raurica (lower town), Roman town / late Roman fort[10]
Named after
Augustus[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Augusta Raurica en Colonia Augusta Rauricorum de Colonia Augusta Rauricorum el Αυγούστα Ραυρικών fr Colonia Augusta Rauricorum it Colonia Augusta Rauricorum ja アウグスタ・ラウリカ ja アウグスタ・ラウリカ市 ru Августа-Раурика uk Аугуста-Рауріка zh 奧古斯塔-勞里卡
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ROR ID
04zn57k32
ISNI
0000000106598128
VIAF cluster ID
129262969
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2001089867
GND ID
16008073-3
OpenAlex ID
I2801112888
GRID ID
grid.482974.4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Augusta Raurica - Pratteln (CH) - Amphiteatro.JPG ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
144278837
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
19
Freebase ID
/m/04hp51
GeoNames ID
6639791
Show all 30 identifiers +18
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7017586
HDS ID
012280
IdRef ID
086041061
J9U entity ID
987007604734205171
MusicBrainz place ID
2c4f60c2-7516-4c15-82a6-a473f2db98bb
NL CR AUT ID
ge291097
OpenStreetMap node ID
3798792797
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
971
PCP reference number
01391
Pleiades ID
177494
Ringgold ID
128932
Scilit organization ID
73112
Sotheby's Museum Network ID
augusta-raurica
SwissNAMES3D ID
B63DD74A-64DE-4C6B-9EB4-65EC899DE72A
Topic's main category
Category:Augusta Raurica
ToposText place ID
475077UARa
Trismegistos Geo ID
19864
World History Encyclopedia ID
Augusta_Raurica
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
archaeological site, thermae, Roman city
Named after 2
Augst, Kaiseraugst
Country 1
Switzerland
Culture 1
culture of ancient Rome
Described by source 1
Pauly–Wissowa
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Augst
Named after 1
Augustus
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Błażowa
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Summary

Augusta Raurica is an archaeological site[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Augusta Raurica include Kaiseraugst[18], a Municipality of Switzerland[19], in Switzerland[20] and Augst[21], a Municipality of Switzerland[22], in Switzerland[23].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Kaiseraugst[18], a Municipality of Switzerland[19], in Switzerland[20] and Augst[21], a Municipality of Switzerland[22], in Switzerland[23].

Related Entities

Augustus Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Augustus
    Official website → https://www.augustaraurica.ch
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon
    Inception → 44 BC
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: SwissNAMES3D ID: B63DD74A-64DE-4C6B-9EB4-65EC899DE72A, swissNAMES3D ID from swisstopo data (swisstopo task)"
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