Archaeology
7 places in Cologne
The Alteburg Fleet Fort – Headquarters of the Roman Rhine Fleet in Cologne-Marienburg
The district of Marienburg was once home to the headquarters of the Classis Germanica, Rome's Rhine fleet. Nothing of it survives above ground today – the fort lies entirely beneath the densely built-up Alteburg area.
Deutz Fort (Divitia)
On the right bank of the Rhine in Cologne-Deutz, the late-Roman fort of Divitia guarded the bridgehead of Constantine's Rhine bridge from the early 4th century. Substantial remains survive today, and the site has been a UNESCO World Heritage listing since 2021.
Pfaffenpforte (North Gate)
since 100Cologne's Roman north gate – once a three-arched main entrance, today preserved as a fragment on the Domplatte and in the Roman-Germanic Museum.
Roman Cologne – Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
The birthplace of Cologne: the Roman CCAA, capital of Lower Germania — and today part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Romano-Germanic Museum (RGM)
since 1946Cologne's archaeological museum — world's largest collection of Roman glass and the Dionysus Mosaic near the cathedral (currently at the Belgian House).
The South-West Gate of the Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
A vanished Roman city gate on Clemensstraße in southern Cologne that once formed the south-western exit of the fortified Roman town.
