The reformed church of Suhr, to the south-east of Aarau, seems to have been built on top of a Gallo-Roman temple surrounded by columns.
The church of Suhr, on top of a hill. Photo: Wikimedia, Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht.Excavations in 1956 by Reinhold Bosch led first of all to the discovery of a reused Roman capital.
The Roman capital. Photo: Bosch-Sennhauser 1960.In the back part of the church, at the lowest level, the remains of a square structure were found, measuring 8 x 8 m. This would have been the cella of the temple. Amongst the finds were fragments of paintings, parts of marble slabs, and bricks with stamps of Roman legions.
The church of Suhr, information panel. Photo: Wikimedia, Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht.
Literature
Bosch-Sennhauser 1960; Drack-Fellmann 1988, 523; Drack-Fellmann 1991, 258-259.
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