The Limes Road from Rheinbrohl/Bad Hönningen on the Rhine to Regensburg on the Danube
Thursday, 12 May 2011 - 04:43 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , UNESCO World Heritage
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The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian boundary wall (“limes”) – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – runs from Rhineland-Palatinate through Hesse, Baden-Württemberg and into Bavaria.
The German Limes Road – experience Roman history LimesStrasse.de .
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