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Caerwent (Welsh: Caer-went) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located about five miles west of Chepstow and 11 miles east of Newport. It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe. The modern village is built around the Roman ruins, which are some of the best-preserved in Europe. It remained prominent through the Roman era and Early Middle Ages as the site of a road crossing between several important civic centres. The community includes Llanvair Discoed. The village itself had a population of about 1,200.

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  • Caerwent (Welsh: Caer-went) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located about five miles west of Chepstow and 11 miles east of Newport. It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe. The modern village is built around the Roman ruins, which are some of the best-preserved in Europe. It remained prominent through the Roman era and Early Middle Ages as the site of a road crossing between several important civic centres. The community includes Llanvair Discoed. The village itself had a population of about 1,200. (en)
  • Caerwent es una localidad situada en el condado de Monmouthshire, en Gales (Reino Unido), con una población estimada a mediados de 2016 de 1509 habitantes.​ Se encuentra ubicada al sureste de Gales, a poca distancia de la muralla de Offa, de la frontera con Inglaterra y del canal de Bristol. (es)
  • Caerwent, galesez: Caer-went, Galesko udalerri eta komunitate bat da, Monmouthshire konderrian. (eu)
  • Caerwent est une localité du pays de Galles, en Grande-Bretagne, située dans le comté du Monmouthshire. (fr)
  • 51°36′39″N 2°46′02″W / 51.6107°N 2.7673°W Baile i Sir Fynwy, an Bhreatain Bheag, is ea Caer-went, 31.7 km ó Caerdydd agus 183 ó Londain. Tá daonra 1,735 ann, agus tá 151 (8.7%) in ann Breatnais a labhairt. (ga)
  • Caerwent (in gallese Caer-went, in latino Venta Silurum) è una comunità del Galles del sud, nel Monmouthshire, fondata dai Romani e successivamente sede di un relativamente ignoto regno britannico altomedioevale. (it)
  • Caerwent är en ort och en community i Storbritannien. Den ligger i kommunen Monmouthshire och riksdelen Wales, i den södra delen av landet, 180 km väster om huvudstaden London. Samhället grundades av romarna år 75 under namnet Venta Silurum, som en handelsplats för de besegrade silurerna. Grevskapet Gwent fick sitt namn från orten. Stora delar av de romerska stadsmurarna finns bevarade. Andra sevärdheter i Caerwent är ruiner av ett romerskt tempel. I närheten av Caerwent låg fram till 1993 en av Royal Air Forces raketbaser. Området används idag (2022) som militärt övningsområde. (sv)
  • Caerwent is een dorp in de regio Monmouthshire in Zuid-Wales in Groot-Brittannië met 1.791 inwoners (2011). Het ligt ongeveer 8 kilometer ten westen van Chepstow. Het dorp werd gesticht door de Romeinen als marktstad Venta Silurum in het gebied waar de Keltische stam Siluren verbleef. Van de Romeinse stad zijn nog significante resten te zien, waaronder de tot vijf meter hoge stadsomwalling en fundamenten van de forum-basilica, de Romeins-Keltische tempel en van enige huizen en winkels. * Romeins-Keltische tempel in Venta Silurum. * Postkantoor. * * De kerk . (nl)
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