The market-town of St Lorenzen is situated in the Pustertal, 800 m
above sea level, at the confluence of
the River Gader coming from the south and the main River Rienz,
and is therefore also called Northwestern Gate to the South
Tyrolean Dolomites. To the east the Pustertal opens to the Bruneck
Basin with the large Valley of the River Ahrn to the north. To the
west, whereto the River Rienz flows, the valley narrows a bit.
Human presence in the area of St Lorenzen roots in the deepest
layers of history. Archaeological findings prove human presence
since the complete withdrawal of the Alpine Würm-Riß ice sheets,
corresponding to the end of the Last Glaciation in Britain and that
of the Wisconsin Ice Age in North America, the mysterious period of
the Mesolithic.
On the spot a village then followed in prehistoric times, probably
on the bottom of the valley and on terraces of the sloping
Sonnenburger Weinleite, south of the River Rienz.
In historical time Sebatum, as it was called in Roman times, was
subject to the Municipium Claudium Aguntum, located in what is
today East Tyrol, but certainly maintained its function of capital
village of the Pustertal.
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Cache name | SEBATUM |
Country | Italy |
Gridsquare | JJ00AA00AA |
Latitude | 0.000000 |
Longitude | 0.000000 |
Difficulty | Easy |
Terrain | Handicapped accessible |
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