VIA VIA Specialist Library

The knowledge conveyed by the VIA VIA project is based on intensive source research, which is made fully transparent. This is based on a written summary of the current state of research on the Roman period in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. The fundamental publications are referenced in the notes and bibliography included there. A compilation of basic literature has also been compiled for the individual locations, which provides information on the respective sites. These publications are available for inspection in the VIA VIA project libraries in Tongeren (B), Maastricht (NL) and Jülich (D). Curious citizens can research more details here and pursue their own questions. The specialist library in Jülich is open to all interested parties as a documentation and research centre.

In addition to specialist literature, historical editions are also available, including all prints of the Roman road map ‘Tabula Peutingeriana’ since its first printing in 1598. The Via Belgica is also marked on this map. The library also houses exhibits from the Minerva Gallery with objects from antiquity to modern times. The Roman goddess is used as a symbol in many forms as the patroness of the arts, technology, science, and education. Her heraldic animal, the owl, is widely used as a symbol for libraries, for example.