{"id":23259,"date":"2026-04-07T15:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/?post_type=plek&p=23259"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:36:54","slug":"via-belgica-in-aldenhoven","status":"publish","type":"plek","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/plek\/via-belgica-in-aldenhoven\/","title":{"rendered":"Via Belgica in Aldenhoven"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","plek_types":[82],"class_list":["post-23259","plek","type-plek","status-publish","hentry","plek_types-education"],"acf":{"tekstkleur":false,"nummer":602,"kleur":"#000000","adres":null,"straatnaam":"","postcode":"","plaats":"","website":"More information on the hotspot","website_url":"https:\/\/www.erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu\/via-aldenhoven-03.html","hotspot_naam":"Via Belgica","afbeelding":23247,"contactpersonen":"","email":"sekretariat@erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu","telefoon":"","videobox_contentblok":"","content":"Where fields and farmland lie today, around 2,000 years ago the Roman long-distance road from Cologne to the Atlantic coast once ran. It extended in a perfectly straight line for four kilometers through what is now the municipality of Aldenhoven, but was abandoned west of J\u00fclich after the end of the Roman period. Nevertheless, the route can still be traced today\u2014for example, through aerial photography or laser scanning.\r\n\r\nThe farm track at this location is one of two short sections where the present-day path still exactly follows the historical route. One reason for this is that the course of the road continues to function as a boundary between land parcels. In Aldenhoven, the edges of the Via Belgica were once lined with four Roman settlements. Evidence of this comes from three debris sites located at intervals of about 300 meters along the road.\r\n\r\nThese include a watch post and a civilian road station. In addition, a Gallo-Roman temple stood just two kilometers to the east. Roman bricks and pottery indicate the presence of further buildings. Away from the road, there were also numerous estates, forming a dense network across the entire J\u00fclich loess plain and supplying towns and military camps with agricultural products.","slideshow":[23247,23251,23255],"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: an aerial photo from 1953 shows a sanctuary along the Via Belgica. Photo: G. Amtmann, LVR Bureau for Archaeological Heritage Management","antwoord":""},{"vraag":"Second photo: Information panel. Photo: Norbert Dre\u00dfen","antwoord":""},{"vraag":"Third photo: the small bronze lion, now on display in the Citadel Museum in J\u00fclich, was probably part of an insignia worn by the beneficiarii, the Roman road police. It was found in Aldenhoven, north of the Via Belgica. Photo: H. Lilienthal, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn","antwoord":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek\/23259","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\/23255"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23251"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plek_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek_types?post=23259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}