Avenches

E515695
historic town municipality

Avenches is a historic town in western Switzerland, known for its well-preserved Roman ruins and amphitheater.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Avenches canonical 5
Aventicum 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
elevation approximately 480 metres above sea level ⓘ
formerName Aventicum NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAs Roman colony Aventicum NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy municipal council of Avenches ⓘ
hasAttraction Avenches Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman amphitheatre of Avenches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman temple ruins ⓘ
medieval town walls ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Open Air Opera Festival Avenches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rock Oz’Arènes festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
equestrian sports ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage Roman amphitheatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman baths NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman city walls ⓘ
Roman ruins ⓘ
Roman theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval old town ⓘ
hasMuseum Roman Museum in Avenches NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fribourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murten NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Avenches railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSite Avenches Roman amphitheatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aventicum archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Museum in Avenches NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.avenches.ch ⓘ
heritageStatus Swiss heritage site of national significance ⓘ
historicalRole Roman capital of Helvetia ⓘ
locatedBetween Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fribourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn canton of Vaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
district of Broye-Vully NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: western Switzerland
locatedInRegion Broye valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Morat NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Swiss Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode 1580 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Murten → nearbyCity → Avenches ⓘ
Helvetii → capital → Avenches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aventicum
Helvetii → mainSettlement → Avenches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aventicum
Murtensee (partly) → hasShoreOnMunicipality → Avenches ⓘ
subject surface form: Murtensee
Murtensee (partly) → hasNearbyTown → Avenches ⓘ
subject surface form: Murtensee
Broye–Léman region → hasMunicipalities → Avenches ⓘ
Kerzers → hasNeighboringMunicipality → Avenches ⓘ