Voorburg

  • Voorburg is a town on the river Vliet or Fossa Corbulonis, which is a suburb of The Hague located in the Province of South Holland in the Netherlands.
  • It was the Roman town of Forum Hadriani located in the Province of Germania Inferior.

Roman Sites

  • Fossa Corbulonis
    • Voorburg is located on a Roman Canal dug in 47 CE called the Fossa Corbulonis.
    • This was a 23 mile (37km) long canal built to avoid the North Sea. It connected the river Rhine to the river Meuse from Leiden, Delft to Maasland-Sluys.
    • The Roman Canal is still functioning and is now known as the Rijn-Schie canal or the Vliet.

Museums

  • Swaensteyn Museum
    • Located in Herenstraat 101, Voorburg.
    • The museum holds a description of the Roman town of Forum Hadriani.

 

 

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