Avenches

The capital at Aventicum (Avenches) became a Roman colony, and the baths at Aquae Helveticae (Baden, Switz.) attracted many visitors. Under the empire the Helvetii manned the Roman frontier forts against the Alamanni but yielded to their traditional enemies by the mid-5th century. The name Helvetia or Confederatio Helvetica…

The Avenches region, a few miles beyond, forms an enclave in Fribourg canton, parts of which, in turn, form enclaves in Vaud. The canton’s southeastern part, north and east of the Rhône River, is Alpine, containing Les Diablerets (10,531 ft [3,210 m]), its highest summit, and…