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Allgäu Museum, Kempten, DE
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ResidenzHistory of Kempten
Kempten has been both a Celtic and Roman Town, but because it was mentioned by the Greek geographer Strabon, Kempten (a town of the Celtic Estiones named Kambodunon) has the oldest written evidence of any German city. Around 18-23 AD Cambodunum (as it was then called) was one of the most important towns in the Roman province Raetia and, at times, may have even been the provincial capital. In the following years the city was rebuilt on a classical Roman city plan with baths, forum and temples. Initially in wood, the city was later rebuilt in stone after a devastating fire destroyed almost the entire city in the year AD 69.
