Studen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Studen is first mentioned in 1257 as Studon. …Studen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Studen is first mentioned in 1257 as Studon. The ruins of the Celtic and Roman settlement of Petinesca are still visible in the south-east corner of the municipality on the slopes of Jensberg mountain. The site comprises a Celtic fortification, and a fortified village dating from the Roman Empire. Petinesca was mentioned in the Tabula Peutingeriana and the Antonine Itinerary as a station on the road between Aventicum and Salodurum. The Roman site dates from around the middle of the 1st century AD, however the Celtic Oppidum is probably older. The temple complex was in operation from the 1st century until the middle of the 4th century and consisted of six temples, three chapels, an unknown building and a well. Outside the temple complex, additional temples, houses, buildings and graves from the 1st to 4th centuries have been discovered. A small military base, built in 368-69, in the nearby municipality of Aegerten many have been connected to Petinesca.
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