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    of Aventicum as the capital of the Roman province), Jensberg (near vicus Petinesca, Mont Vully, all within a day's march from the one in Bern, the Oppidum...
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    mentioned in 1257 as Studon. The ruins of the Celtic and Roman settlement of Petinesca are still visible in the south-east corner of the municipality on the...
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    Engehalbinsel became a Roman vicus, which was probably known as Brenodor or Brenodurum. At the foot of the Jens mountain, the fort Petinesca was built to guard...
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