{"id":23240,"date":"2026-04-07T15:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/?post_type=plek&p=23240"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:38:52","slug":"roman-road-station-in-aldenhoven","status":"publish","type":"plek","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/plek\/roman-road-station-in-aldenhoven\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Road Station in Aldenhoven"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","plek_types":[79,82],"class_list":["post-23240","plek","type-plek","status-publish","hentry","plek_types-archaeological-site","plek_types-education"],"acf":{"tekstkleur":false,"nummer":601,"kleur":"#000000","adres":null,"straatnaam":"","postcode":"","plaats":"","website":"More information on the hotspot","website_url":"https:\/\/www.erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu\/via-aldenhoven-02.html","hotspot_naam":"Roman Road Station","afbeelding":23232,"contactpersonen":"","email":"sekretariat@erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu","telefoon":"","videobox_contentblok":"","content":"It all began when Emperor Augustus had a revolutionary idea: he established the cursus publicus, the state courier and transport service. The carriages used to transport messages, goods, and people traveled along Roman roads\u2014such as the Via Belgica. At this location stood one of the inns that were situated at intervals of at least 40 kilometers along these roads. These 40 kilometers corresponded to the distance considered a day\u2019s journey in the Roman Empire.\r\n\r\nThe road station in Aldenhoven was discovered in the 1960s, when Roman bricks and pottery shards were found in a field. A geophysical survey revealed the layout of a rectangular building with a projecting corner room, its main fa\u00e7ade facing the Via Belgica. Here and along the western narrow side, the building was divided into roughly equal-sized chambers arranged around a courtyard\u2014a layout characteristic of Roman inns.\r\n\r\nFurther surveys showed that, in addition to the main building, there were also auxiliary structures. These typically included a stable and a barn, and often a bathhouse as well. To the west of the building, a side road branched off from the Via Belgica toward the southwest. The ground plan of the inn was confirmed in spring 2014 through an archaeological excavation.","slideshow":[23232,23236],"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":"First photo: Website Erlebnisraum R\u00f6merstra\u00dfe","antwoord":""},{"vraag":"Second photo: an aerial photo from 1953 shows a sanctuary along the Via Belgica. Photo: S. Jenter, LVR Bureau for Archaeological Heritage Management in the Rhineland.","antwoord":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek\/23240","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\/23236"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plek_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek_types?post=23240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}