{"id":21319,"date":"2026-04-07T20:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/?post_type=plek&#038;p=21319"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:07:38","slug":"markt-rathaus-northeast-corner-roman-stone-reused-in-the-carolingian-konigshalle","status":"publish","type":"plek","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/plek\/markt-rathaus-northeast-corner-roman-stone-reused-in-the-carolingian-konigshalle\/","title":{"rendered":"Markt\/Rathaus (Northeast Corner) \u2013 Roman Stone Reused in the Carolingian K\u00f6nigshalle"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","plek_types":[79,82],"class_list":["post-21319","plek","type-plek","status-publish","hentry","plek_types-archaeological-site","plek_types-education"],"acf":{"tekstkleur":false,"nummer":552,"kleur":"#000000","adres":{"address":"Markt 38, 52062 Aachen, Duitsland","lat":50.7761539199199,"lng":6.083797216415405,"zoom":17,"place_id":"ChIJp8BZXHuZwEcR7Hn7mc4hGgU","street_number":38,"street_name":"Markt","city":"Aachen","city_short":"AC","state":"Nordrhein-Westfalen","state_short":"NRW","post_code":52062,"country":"Duitsland","country_short":"DE"},"straatnaam":"Markt","postcode":"52062","plaats":"Aken","website":"Website of Centre Charlemagne","website_url":"https:\/\/centre-charlemagne.eu\/?lang=en","hotspot_naam":"Markt\/Rathaus, Aachen","afbeelding":21315,"contactpersonen":"","email":"info@centre-charlemagne.eu","telefoon":"+49 241 4324931","videobox_contentblok":"","content":"The name Aquae Granni, the Roman precursor of modern-day Aachen, points to Roman Aachen\u2019s greatest asset: its hot springs! The mineral waters were quickly believed to have healing powers. Granni refers to Grannus, a Gallic deity associated with health and recovery. The earliest thermal baths date to around the turn of the millennium. From the outset, the Romans envisioned Aachen on a grand scale: even at its founding, the town had the air of a true city \u2013 30 hectares in size, with wooden houses, thermal baths, and even a stone bathhouse with tiled roofs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>A City Growing Around Its Baths<\/h3>\r\nIn the early second century, Aquae Granni underwent a complete urban renewal. Emperor Trajan may have intended to elevate the vicus to a regional capital \u2013 a theory supported by stamped bricks and an inscription bearing his name. The original baths made way for a monumental square of more than 6,000 square metres, likely containing a forum and temple. Across the city, monumental new bath complexes were built.\r\n\r\nAquae Granni became one of the Roman Empire\u2019s leading wellness centres and the only major spa in Germania Inferior.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Roman Stones in the Carolingian K\u00f6nigshalle<\/h3>\r\nThe prosperity of Aquae Granni is reflected not only in its baths and monumental forum, but also in the wealth of its citizens. At the northeast corner of the Markt\/Rathaus, several Roman stone blocks were later reused in the Carolingian masonry of the K\u00f6nigshalle (aula regia). Among them is a fragment of a Roman funerary monument, complete with traces of an inscription and a decorative vine frieze. These stones provide a tangible link between the Roman city and its medieval successors, showing how the materials and memory of Aachen\u2019s Roman past were incorporated into the city\u2019s continued urban life.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Discover Roman Aachen on the VIA VIA Route, 2027<\/h3>\r\nThis site is part of the VIA VIA Roman City Walk route of Aachen, which guides visitors through the historic city centre past key archaeological highlights. Along the route, viewing windows and reconstructions reveal hidden traces of Roman Aachen, from walls and floors in the Elisengarten to the M\u00fcnsterthermen inside Aachen Cathedral. Informative panels, multimedia displays, and encounters with Roman \u201ccharacters\u201d bring the city\u2019s history to life, illustrating Roman administration, urban development, and bathing culture. The reused Roman stones at the Markt\/Rathaus connect the Roman settlement to later periods, showing the continuity of urban life in Aachen across centuries.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre you ready to take a walk?\r\n<h3>\u201c\u2018The city smells of rotten eggs,\u2019 Julia grimaces. My daughter is right. The thermal baths of Aquae Granni may be healing, but their sulphurous stench is unbearable. It doesn\u2019t seem to bother the bathers, though. Our cart moves forward at a crawl through a crowd of shuffling people and wagons piled high with wood. \u2018Most of it is for the baths,\u2019 says a dark-skinned man walking beside us. \u2018Every day, the thermae and the underfloor heating of the rich devour another piece of the forest. The baths heal the body, but not nature,\u2019 he sighs, before vanishing again into the throng. Quintus Iulius has come up with the idea of bottling the spring water and selling it at the markets of Germania Inferior. Personally, I\u2019m just looking forward to sliding into the warm water for a few hours \u2014 and talking with people from all corners of the Empire. Perhaps I\u2019ll overhear some news about the situation in Rome. They seem to change emperors every few months this year. Murder and decapitation \u2014 not even the most curative water can wash that away.\u201d \u2013 Ammulva Iucunda<\/h3>","slideshow":[21315],"ontdekken_video_box":{"ontdekken_video_titel":"","ontdekken_video_paragraaf":"","ontdekken_video_iframe":""},"ontdekken_360_box":{"ontdekken_360_titel":"","ontdekken_360_paragraaf":"","ontdekken_360_iframe":""},"doen":null,"weten":[{"vraag":"The photo of the wall fragment comes from Stadtarch\u00e4ologie Aachen.","antwoord":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek\/21319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plek"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plek_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek_types?post=21319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}