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<< Our Photo Pages >> Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim - Ancient Temple in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 09 January 2013  Page Views: 2051

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 1.079 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Blankenheim  Nearest Village: Zingsheim
Latitude: 50.502645N  Longitude: 6.651992E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim
Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim submitted by Andreas : View to the "cella", the core of the sanctuary (April 2013) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient temple in North Rhine-Westphalia

Another, smaller Gallo-Roman matron-temple.
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Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim
Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim submitted by Andreas : Distant view to the remains of the temple; The (stone-) sanctuary was probably built in the 2nd century AD. However, the cult itself, as well as the cult place which was located in the neighbourhood of a spring, was much older, while the local romans (who integreted the Matrons into their own realm of the gods) just transformed this cult to stone. About the end of the sanctuary (abou... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim
Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim submitted by Andreas : Dedication stone for the Matronae Fachinehae, about 200 AD, donated by Lucius Celeris who "gladly fulfilled a vow for himself and his family, as the goddesses deserve" (April 2013) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim
Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim submitted by Andreas : Ground plan and some information about the temple (April 2013) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim
Matronenheiligtum Zingsheim submitted by Andreas : Possible reconstruction of the sanctuary and some further information (April 2013) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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