Vechten

• Vechten is a village in the Netherlands which was established as a Roman Fort in c. 5 CE, called Fectio.
• It was part of the Limes Germanicus until abandoned in 275 CE.

Roman Sites

• Wooden Roman Watchtower
  • Nearby, at Fort Vechten, there is a reconstruction of a Roman wooden watchtower or ‘Turris’, made in 2004.
  • Fort Vechten itself was completed in 1870 to form part of the New Dutch Waterline, a defensive system in Holland which protected the city of Utrecht.

Roman Wooden Watchtower, Fectio, Fort Vechten