Kehlen

Kehlen (Luxembourgish: Kielen [ˈkiələn] ⓘ) is a commune and town in western Luxembourg.

[1] Other towns within the commune include Dondelange, Keispelt, Meispelt, Nospelt and Olm.

Celtic tombs have been excavated in nearby Nospelt and a necropolis from the 1st century was discovered in the early 1970s on the Juckelsboesch plateau between Mamer and Kehlen.

[2] A monument to the four gods depicting Juno, Minerva, Mercury and Hercules, possibly once the base of a Jupiter Column, was discovered on the heights of Schoenberg at the point where two Roman roads once crossed.

[3] The original is now in the National Museum of History and Art but a replica can be seen beside the entrance to the Schoenberg cemetery.

Pedestal to the four gods, Kehlen