Harbour Road - Cologne, NRW, Germany
N 50° 56.417 E 006° 57.538
32U E 356603 N 5645167
Old roman road to the Rhine Harbour near the cathedral.
Waymark Code: WMVNJY
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 05/09/2017
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During the excavations around the cathedral, a 65-meter-long piece of the so-called Roman port road was opened in 1969/1970. The 5.5-meter-wide side road led through one of the gates of the Rhine-side city wall in the port of the Roman city. Under the southern side of the road ran a wide sewer.
The houses on the Hafenstrasse were connected with these by means of pipelines. According to models from Pompeii the street got a drain as well as a fountain with the casting of a Cologne river god mask as a water spit. A part of the sewer was rebuilt next to the well. The antique paved street pavement is designed six meters south of the site on today's level - for security reasons without arching. Nevertheless, the road is uncomfortable to commit. However, it attracts the attention and the curiosity of the visitors.
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