Mysterious Cellar Discovered at Vienna's Farmers' Market: This Was Its Function

The exhibition setting is somewhat reminiscent of the usual crime series, where eager investigators connect photographs and newspaper clippings on a pinboard with red threads to solve the respective mystery. Ultimately, "Cellar Stories," the new cabinet exhibition at the Roman Museum Vienna, is exactly about that: the long journey to solving a mystery.

Cellar from the 4th Century AD Occupied Experts

At the center is a Roman building at the Bauernmarkt, specifically its 450 square meter cellar with windows built from blocks and stone slabs, which was found during excavations in 2017 and 2021/22. The find from the last flourishing phase of Vindobona in the 4th century AD surprised the experts with its dimensions. Using various methods, whose application is documented in the new exhibition, they ultimately revealed with some probability the function of the massive structure, which presumably turned out to be a prison.

The exhibition can be seen from June 26, 2025, to May 30, 2027, at the Roman Museum at Hohen Markt 3.

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