Archaeological Sites in Austria
Aguntum
Aguntum was a Roman municipium and trading hub in the Drau valley, East Tyrol, flourishing from the 1st to 5th centuries AD [1]. Located 4 km east of modern Lienz, it served as a regional…
Archaeological Park Carnuntum
Carnuntum was a major Roman legionary fortress on the Danube in Lower Austria, midway between Vienna and Bratislava. Established under Emperor Claudius around AD 50, it became capital of Pannonia…
Burgstallkogel, Sulm Valley
The Burgstallkogel is a 458-metre hill near the confluence of the Sulm and Saggau rivers in southern Styria, Austria, that hosted a major Hallstatt-period settlement from the 9th to 6th centuries BC.…
Carnuntum
Carnuntum was the most important Roman legionary camp on the upper Danube frontier, established as a military base under Tiberius in 6 AD and becoming capital of Pannonia Superior in 106 AD. The city…
Celtic Settlement, Sandberg
The Sandberg is a hill ridge in the northwestern Weinviertel region of Lower Austria, approximately 70 km north of Vienna[1]. It represents one of the most significant archaeological sites of the…
City of Enns
Enns, in Upper Austria, stands on the site of Lauriacum, a major Roman legionary base on the Danube Limes. The legio II Italica established the only legionary camp in the province of Noricum here at…
Clunia, Austria
Clunia was an ancient Roman city located in present-day Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria, indicated on the Tabula Peutingeriana as a settlement along the Roman road network [1]. Thought to have…
Comagena
Comagena was a Roman cavalry fort (ala) established in the 1st century AD on the Danube at modern Tulln in Lower Austria, serving as a key defensive position along the Norican frontier[1]. The fort…
Drachenhöhle
A 542-metre-long cave near Mixnitz, Styria, Austria, with a 20-metre-wide entrance at 950 metres elevation, famous as one of Europe's richest cave bear fossil deposits. It contains an estimated…
Flavia Solva
Flavia Solva was a Roman municipium in the province of Noricum, located on the Mur river near modern Wagna and Leibnitz in Styria, Austria -- the only Roman city in Austrian Styria. Founded as a…
Frohnleiten
Frohnleiten is a historic town in the Graz-Umgebung district of Styria, Austria. The town and its surroundings feature several castles and manor houses of historical importance, including Burg…
Großmugl
The Leeberg at Grossmugl in Lower Austria is the largest burial mound of the entire Hallstatt culture, standing approximately 14-15m high with a 55m diameter. Erected c. 600-500 BC by the…
Gudenus Cave
The Gudenus Cave is an archaeological site near Krems in northeastern Austria, used from the Middle Paleolithic through the Late Upper Paleolithic (approximately 16,000–10,000 BC). The deposit…
Hadnmauer
3rd–7th c. AD: The Hadnmauer is the ruined remains of a letzi, a defensive barrier built across a valley, in the Gailtal valley in Austria[1]. It stretches from Rattendorf to Jenig and was…
Heidentor
The Heidentor (Heathens' Gate) is a ruined Roman triumphal monument erected between 354-361 AD during the reign of Emperor Constantius II, located at the ancient fort-city of Carnuntum in Lower…
Lauriacum
Lauriacum (modern Lorch-Enns) was a major Roman legionary fortress and civilian town at the confluence of the Danube and Enns rivers in the province of Noricum. The Legio II Italica was permanently…
Platt
The Sandberg ridge between Platt and Roseldorf in Lower Austria's Weinviertel region hosts the largest known Celtic central settlement of this period in Austria, covering approximately 40 hectares.…
Roman Theatre, Bregenz
A Roman theatre in the Thalbach quarter of Bregenz (ancient Brigantium), Vorarlberg, Austria, built for over 2,000 spectators -- far exceeding the settlement's population, suggesting regional…
Salzofen Cave
Salzofen Cave is an archaeological site in Styria, Austria, located in the municipality of Grundlsee at approximately 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude, about 60 metres below the summit[1]. The cave…
Teurnia
Teurnia was a major Roman municipium in western Carinthia, Austria, situated on a hill at modern St. Peter im Holz near Spittal an der Drau. Granted municipium status under Emperor Claudius (41-54…
The Giant Tumulus, Großmugl
The Giant Tumulus (Großmugl) is a prehistoric burial mound in Lower Austria, part of a necropolis complex dating from 1500–500 BC. [1] The tumulus was erected by the Kalenderberg culture, likely…
Tischofer Cave
The Tischofer Cave is a cave in the Kaisertal valley in the Kaisergebirge mountains of Austria. The roughly 40 metre long cave, about 8.5 metres high at the entrance, was occupied by cave bears…
Vindobona
A Roman legionary fortress established in the 1st century AD on the Danube frontier in the province of Pannonia, on the site of modern Vienna. The camp covered about 20 hectares and housed around…
Virunum
Claudium Virunum was a Roman city in the province of Noricum, located on the Zollfeld plain in Carinthia, Austria [1]. The settlement may have originally been the name of an earlier Celtic-Roman…
Willendorf in der Wachau
Palaeolithic site in the Wachau valley, Lower Austria, world-famous for the discovery of the Venus of Willendorf in 1908 during railway construction. This 11 cm female figurine carved from oolitic…