A bit of history to begin with:
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Roman ruins are free to access |
But back to our visit:

We were really surprised that despite the fact that it was a day off (in addition to beautiful weather), the town and its historical monuments were not besieged by tourists. And that was another plus 🙂
Small historical detour for those of you, who would like to know what colonies originally were: in ancient Rome, a colonia was a town that was a specific residential location for legionnaires who upon retirement were granted land and became citizens. This encouraged land development and stability and not least the extension of Roman “culture”.
*) source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenches
Turistický průvodce Švýcarsko – JOTA, 2011 (přeloženo z Teller, M: “The Rough Guide to Switzerland”, Rough Guide 2010)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aventicum
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