Turicum

Turicum

Lindenhof hill, Schipfe and the Roman wall of the later Pfalz fortifications, as seen from Limmatquai, Weinplatz to the left
Shown within Switzerland
Alternative name	Turegum, Turico
Location	Lindenhof–Sihlbühl–Münsterhof-Weinplatz-Limmatquai
Region	former Germania Superior, present city of Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Coordinates	47°22′22″N 8°32′26″E / 47.37278°N 8.54056°E / 47.37278; 8.54056
Type	Vicus
Part of	Lindenhof hill respectively Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof
Length	about 500 metres (1,640 ft) Sihlbühl–Bürkliplatz, Grosser Hafner island excluded
Width	about 200 metres (656 ft) Augustinergasse–Limmatquai
History
Material	stone and wood
Founded	Probably around 15 BC
Abandoned	Around 401 AD by the Roman army, settlement continued by Gallo-Roman inhabitants
Periods	Roman Republic to Roman Empire
Cultures	Helvetii and Gallo-Roman
Site notes
Excavation dates	1906, 1937, 1989, 1997, 1998-2001, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2014 at Lindenhof hill, Münsterhof, Weinplatz (Thermengasse), Rennweg, Augustinergasse, St. Peterhofstatt, Münzplatz, Schipfe (Limmat) and Grosser Hafner
Archaeologists	Margrit Balmer, Dölf Wild
Condition	aeaorchological access
Ownership	City of Zürich
Management	City of Zürich
Public access	Thermengasse and so-called Lindenhofkeller showing the Celtii, Gallo-Roman and Carolinum walls.[1][2]

Turicum was a Gallo-Roman settlement at the lower end of Lake Zurich, and precursor of the city of Zürich. It was situated within the Roman province of Germania Superior) and near the border to the province of Raetia; there was a tax-collecting point for goods traffic on the waterway Walensee–Obersee-Zürichsee–Limmat–Aare–Rhine.