IAESTE Augusta Raurica Day
August 29, 2010

 

PANEM ET CIRCENSES (lat.: bread and games)

Roemer

 

Immerge one day into the ancient world at the biggest roman festival of Switzerland. You will experience how it was to be a Roman. In Augusta Raurica you can witness roman theatres and gladiator fights, listen to roman music or eat in roman restaurants. Furthermore there are workshops where they show you how coins, mosaic, instruments, clay-pots, baskets and a lot more things were made these days.
So there is a lot to see and experience in the oldest roman commune of Switzerland. We will walk around and enjoy the day...

If you understand some german and want to read more, visit: http://www.roemerfest.ch

IAESTE LC Basel invites you to experience a cultural sunday!

To the history:
About 300AD, following the loss of the Limes Germanicus and the right bank of the Rhine River the roman army built a fort near the city of Augusta Raurica. The fort, which was named Castrum Rauracense was intended to serve as the headquarters of the legio I Martia and to protect a ford over the Rhine. During the 4th Century, the fort grew in importance because it commanded a bridge that lay along the road from Gaul to the Danube River. Emperors Constantius II and Julian assembled their armies at the Castrum Rauracense before marching to battle against the Alemann. (from Wikkipedia)

Kaiseraugst

Program

Sunday, August 29

  • 11:30 Meeting at the meeting point at Basel SBB
  • 11:50 Take the train to Kaiseraugst
  • You can go home when you want to...

Participation fees

Everybody has to pay the entrance for the festival, which is 17.- CHF. Transport from Basel SBB to Kaiseraugst and back will be paid, but you have to come up for the transport to Basel and back home.

If you do not yet have a SBB half-fare card, we recommend you buy one! Check the SBB website!

Everyone's welcome, it doesn`t matter if you are affiliated with IAESTE or its partner organisations or not...

Checklist - Remember to Bring

  • Cash to pay the train to Basel and back home, the entrance (17.-) and food. Or you bring lunch, as you wish.
  • Camera and sun or rain protection, depending on the weather...

Meeting point and train connections

  • The official meeting point is 11:30 at Basel SBB at the meeting point (there is a sign).
  • If you're travelling from Zürich or Lausanne, find each other on the train suggested below.
  • If you can't find the group in Basel (for whatever reason), call 079 792 82 71 or 076 319 68 85

From Lausanne

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From Zurich

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For further information on train connections, check the SBB website.

Registration

The maximum number of participants allowed for this event is 25 (including organizers and helpers) and the registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. If your registration is not among the first 25, it will be put on the waiting list.

The online registration closed on Thursday, 26 August 2010, at 18:00:00.

Check out the list of participants for this event.

Contact

If you have any questions, write to Show e-mail address.