The story
Audio tour · Nigrum Pullum
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You're standing at Nigrum Pullum, in Zwammerdam. Almost two thousand years ago, a Roman fort stood here on the edge of the empire. Back then the Rhine was the northern frontier, the limes. The name has to do with the colour black. It may refer to the dark peat soil, or to the black water of the little river Meije that flowed out here.
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