"Following the left bank of the Lower Rhine River for approximately 400 km from the Rhenish Massif in Germany to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands, the transnational property consist of 102 components from one section of the frontiers of the Roman Empire, which in the 2nd century CE, stretched across Europe, the Near East, and North Africa, over 7,500 km. The property comprises military and civilian sites and infrastructure that marked the edge of Lower Germany from the 1st to 5th centuries CE. Archaeological remains in the property include military bases, forts, fortlets, towers, temporary camps, roads, harbours, a fleet base, a canal, and an aqueduct, as well as civilian settlements, towns, cemeteries, sanctuaries, an amphitheatre, and a palace. Almost all of these archaeological remains are buried underground. Waterlogged deposits in the property have enabled a high degree of preservation of both structural and organic materials from the Roman periods of occupation and use."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage
Postcard 1 - Nuess, Germany
Along the Rhine River, at Neuss, a reconstructed fortified Roman tower. Thanks to Marcel of Germany.
Postcard 2 - Xanten, Germany
Illustration of Roman site of Colonia Ulpia Traiana at Xanten Archaelogical Park Museum in Xanten, Wesel near the Dutch border. Thanks to Marcel of Germany. Postmarked on July 13, 2020 with Covid-19 special cancellation "GEMEINSAM GEGEN CORONA" (Together Against Corona) and arrived in July 28, 2020.
Postcard 3 - Nijmegen, Netherlands
A postcard of Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen,Netherlands showing a Roman mask found along the Rhine River border forts of the Roman Empire. Nice stamp of Year of Rat used. Thanks to Jeroen of Utrecht, Netherlands. Postmarked June 23, 2021 and arrived in Penang island on July 13, 2021.
Postcard 4 - Haus Burgel, Germany
Haus Bürgel Roman fort, Monheim am Rhein, Germany is part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes. Thanks to Marcel of Germany.
