🗿 Ancient & archaeological sites in Switzerland

Detourmap maps 45 ancient & archaeological sites worth the detour in Switzerland — ruins, stone circles, dolmens, pyramids, hillforts. The best known is Augusta Raurica. All of them are listed below. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.

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  Augusta Raurica

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · 1st century BC · Notable

  Archaeological site and former Roman colony town on the southern bank of the Rhine near Augst in the canton of Basel-Land, Switzerland

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  Three Castles of Bellinzona

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Notable

  Complex of multiple built objects

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  Vindonissa, Celtic oppidum / Roman legionary camp / civilian settlement

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Notable

  Archaeological site in Windisch in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

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  Aventicum, Roman city - Avenches, medieval-modern city

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Notable

  Archaeological site in Avenches in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  La Tène

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site

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  lake Inkwil, Paleolithic open-air station / Neolithic and Bronze Age lakeside settlement

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Lake in Inkwil, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland

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  Fondation Pierre Gianadda

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Martigny in the canton of Valais, Switzerland

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  Mont Vully

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Mountain

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  Altreu (medieval town abandoned)

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Village and archaeological site in Seewen in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland

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  Nussbaumersee

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Small lake between Nussbaumen and Uerschhausen, both in the municipality of Hüttwilen in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland

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  Lobsigensee

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Small kettle lake and archaeological site in Seedorf in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

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  Werd

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Island in Lake Constance, Switzerland

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  Mormont

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Hill in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  Petinesca

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Studen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

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  Castra of Irgenhausen

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Former Roman fort in Irgenhausen, Switzerland

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  Turicum

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Former Galloroman settlement in Switzerland

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  Laténium, cantonal archaeological museum

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeology park and museum in Laténa in the canton of Laténa, Switzerland

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  Canal d'Entreroches

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Defunct North Sea–Meditteranean Sea waterway

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  Castrum Vitudurum

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Roman vicus and fort in Winterthur canton of Zurich, Switzerland

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  Noviodunum

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Suisse

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  Lousonna

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Switzerland

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  Henry Dunant Museum

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · 20th century · Hidden gem

  Museum in Heiden (Switzerland)

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  Aquae Helveticae, Roman vicus / medieval / modern city

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Baden in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

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  Former Cistercian abbey of Montheron

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · 12th century · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site and former monastery building in Montheron in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  Ägelmoos

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Beinwil am See in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

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  Orbe-Boscéaz

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Switzerland

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  Riesi

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Seengen in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

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  Centum Prata

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Former Roman Vicus in Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  Wädenswil–Vorder Au

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  UNESCO World Heritage Site in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

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  Fairy Rock (Crans Montana, Valais)

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Ruins of the rock castle called Fairy Rock (French: Rocher des Fées) located in the municipality of Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland

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  Mont-Terri (prehistoric settlement/medieval castle)

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site with oppidium at Cornol in the canton of Jura, Switzerland

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  Oppidum Üetliberg

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  La Tène era oppidium

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  Chartreuse d'Oujon

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Ruins of a XIIth century monastery in Arzier-Le Muids in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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  Grosser Hafner

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site

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  Schnitz Tower

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · 14th century · Hidden gem

  Former defence tower in Stansstad in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland

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  Freienbach-Hurden-Rosshorn

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archeological site on Lake Zurich (Switzerland)

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  Freienbach–Hurden Seefeld

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  UNESCO World Heritage Site in Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland

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  Rapperswil-Jona Technikum

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  Seegubel, Neolithic lakeside settlement

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Kempraten in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  Storen

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  UNESCO World Heritage Site in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

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  Winkel lakeside settlement

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Prehistoric pile dwelling in Erlenbach in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland

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  Meilen–Rorenhaab

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  UNESCO World Heritage Site in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

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  Zürich–Enge Alpenquai

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  UNESCO World Heritage Site in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland

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  Le Petit-Chasseur

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Sion, Switzerland

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  Erlenhölzli; Neolithic lakeside settlement

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in Meisterschwanden in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

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