Gallo-Roman vestiges in Poitou-Charente

Gallo-Roman baths
17100 Saintes

The thermal baths of Saint-Saloine, built in the first century under the High Empire, are Roman remains located in Saintes (New Aquitaine), bearing witness to Gallo-Roman thermal architecture in the ancient capital of Santons.

Tower
17600 Saint-Romain-de-Benet

The Tower of Pirelonge is a 24 m Gallo-Roman funerary pile, located near Saint-Romain-de-Benet (Charente-Maritime), along the ancient Roman Way Saintes-Bordeaux. It was classified in 1840 as a cenotaph.

Villa Gallo-Romane
16480 Brossac

The Gallo-Roman villa of the Coue d'Auzenat, located in Brossac, Charente, is an ancient vestige dating from the Gallo-Roman period, including an aqueduct and mosaics, classified historical monument since 1875.

Gallo-Roman amphitheatre
86600 Sanxay

The Gallo-Roman ruins of Herbord in Sanxay, located in Vienna (New Aquitaine), form a vast rural sanctuary of the 1st-IInd century dedicated to the worship of the waters, including an octagonal temple, an amphitheater and healing baths on 20 hectares.

Gallo-Roman Theatre
86530 Naintré

The Gallo-Roman Theatre of Naintré, built in the Upper Empire, is a major ancient monument of the Vicus of Briva, located in Vienna (New Aquitaine). Its 116 m diameter cellar could accommodate 10,000 spectators, reflecting the strategic and cultural importance of this pictonne secondary agglomeration.

Cemetery
86320 Civaux

The Merovingian necropolis of Civaux, located in Vienna, is an exceptional cemetery used from Gallo-Roman times to the High Middle Ages, famous for its sarcophagi and its unique enclosure of lids erect like menhirs.

Villa Gallo-Romane
86380 Saint-Martin-la-Pallu

The ancient site of the Mirande Towers, Gallo-Roman vestige of the High Empire in Saint-Martin-la-Pallu (New Aquitaine), reveals a Celtic and then Roman city of 120 hectares with temple, forum and amphitheater of 7,000 places, classified as Historic Monument since 1981.

Hydraulic heritage
86280 Saint-Benoît

The Roman aqueduct of the Hermitage, built during the High Empire in Saint-Benoît (New Aquitaine), is a remarkable vestige of ancient engineering, with its arches and batteries still visible today.