![]() The Puster Valley belonged to the imperial province of Noricum, and the local populations, during the four centuries of the domination of Rome, began to assimilate the customs, the language and finally the Christian religion. Around the end of the I century B.C, the Rienz valley was mainly used by the Romans as an arterial road to connect the north-eastern regions of the Empire. In more recent times this zone was inhabited by people belonging to the Illyrian stock: they were called "Saevates" by the Romans (hence the name "Sebatum" of the Roman station of today's Saint Lawrence.) In the 6th century, the Celtic invaders merged with the Illyrian population. The Puster Valley was inhabited since prehistoric times as finds belonging to the Iron Age have been found in that area. The Drau's largest eastern tributaries are the Sextner Bach and the Villgraten-Bach. ![]() The Puster Valley's largest side valley is the Tauferer Ahrntal. The largest tributaries of the Rienz river form the Antholzer Bach, the Ahr, the Pragser Bach, the Gsieser Bach, the Gran Ega, the Pfunderer Bach, and the Lüsenbach. The most important of these towns in the western valley are Toblach, Welsberg-Taisten, Olang, and Bruneck the most important in the eastern valley are Innichen, Sexten, and Sillian. The towns in the Puster Valley are located between 750 and 1,180 meters (2,460 and 3,870 ft) above sea level. The eastern part of the valley on the upper Drava is called Upper Puster Valley. The Rienz river flows westwards through the Puster Valley and the Drau river flows eastwards into East Tyrol. The watershed lies in the shallow valley floor called Toblacher Feld ( Conca di Dobbiaco). Half of the valley drains to the west to the Adriatic via the Adige river the other half drains to the east to the Black Sea via the Danube. East of Sillian, the Puster Valley leaves the Peradriatic Line (which moves into the Gail valley) and turns to the northeast towards Lienz. The Puster Valley is located in the western part of the Periadriatic Seam, which separates the Southern Limestone Alps from the Central Eastern Alps, as well as most of the limestone Alps from the central gneiss and slate peaks of the range's central section.
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