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Saalburg Fort
Saalburg, Taunus, Germany
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Saalburg Fort

is part of the former border of the Roman Empire, the Limes. The Latin word limes means path or boundary. The part of the Limes here in Taunus is the Upper German-Raetian Limes.

In 1897, under Kaiser Willhlem II, the fort was reconstructed. It is the only fort that has been rebuilt and is now a museum about the Limes and a research institute is located there too.

The original fort was build around 90 AD. The Roman-Germanic border was 100 meters further north. A reconstruction of the wooden piles with a moat behind can be seen there nowadays.

My panorama shows the western side of the Fort. It looked much more attractive in the sunset than the main entrance where all the tourists are.

Caption in German

Location Map Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 50° 16' 17.04" N
Longitude: 8° 33' 59.04" E
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Date/Time:
March 19th 2006, 4:49 pm CET

Equipment:
Coolpix 5000 with the fisheye FC-E8 set to full frame, Manfrotto QTVR Kit 302+, stiched with PTMac / MakeCubic, Nadir inserted with PaintShopPro on a PC.

More panoramas about the theme Borders.

For contact information and more panoramas of Germany, check my personal website, Kugelblick.de.

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