{"id":36,"date":"2009-09-18T07:13:15","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T07:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.com\/science\/?p=36"},"modified":"2009-09-18T07:13:15","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T07:13:15","slug":"blocks-building-blocks-stones-foundations-temples-townscape-xanten-ulpia-traiana-romans-germany-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/blocks-building-blocks-stones-foundations-temples-townscape-xanten-ulpia-traiana-romans-germany-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Xanten: Townscape &#8211; Ulpia Traiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ulpia Traiana Townscape<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Xanten, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Colonial Ulpia Traiana once contained numerous large buildings: temples, thermal baths, administrative and market buildings. Of most of these, only minor traces have remained preserved. After the end of the Roman rule, the ruins became dilapitated. For centuries the town of antiquity provided building material for churches, monasteries, and houses. The square blocks of stone shown here were discovered several years ago during excavations in the town center of Xanten. They had been reused in the Middle Ages as foundation stones, but they originated from the colonial Ulpia Traiana.&#8221; ~ monument\/marker at the Xanten Archaeologie Park, Xanten, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.com\/photogallery\/2009\/mar\/032909\/xtn032909_011.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.com\/photogallery\/2009\/mar\/032909\/xtn032909_011.jpg?w=300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nbuilding blocks at Xanten<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ulpia Traiana Townscape Xanten, Germany &#8220;The Colonial Ulpia Traiana once contained numerous large buildings: temples, thermal baths, administrative and market buildings. Of most of these, only minor traces have remained preserved. After the end of the Roman rule, the ruins &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/blocks-building-blocks-stones-foundations-temples-townscape-xanten-ulpia-traiana-romans-germany-construction\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[87,88,89,12,109,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-germania","category-ancient-rome","category-ancient-structures","category-archaeology","category-temples","category-xanten"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Xanten: Townscape - Ulpia Traiana - Naturally Science and Lore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/blocks-building-blocks-stones-foundations-temples-townscape-xanten-ulpia-traiana-romans-germany-construction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Xanten: Townscape - Ulpia Traiana - Naturally Science and Lore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ulpia Traiana Townscape Xanten, Germany &#8220;The Colonial Ulpia Traiana once contained numerous large buildings: temples, thermal baths, administrative and market buildings. 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