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Voorburg - Park Arentsburg / Forum Hadriani

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

Netherlands (Europe and North America)
Date of Submission: 26/09/1995
Category: Cultural
Submitted by: Ministerie van Onderwijs Cultuur en Wetenschappen
Coordinates: Province of Zuid - Holland Zone 31 easting northing 592623.91537 5768761.44860
Ref.: 467

Description

This property comprises a largely undisturbed area (municipal park, adjoining allotments and a hospital with gardens) in which the remains of the Roman town of Forum Hadriani, the civitas capital of the tribe of the Cananefates and the adjoining harbour on the bank of the Corbulo canal (Fossa Corbulonis) are extremely well preserved.