Gallo-Roman vestiges in Poitou-Charente

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.

Roman camp
17470 Dampierre-sur-Boutonne

The Roman camp of Dampierre-sur-Boutonne is an ancient archaeological site located in the commune of Dampierre-sur-Boutonne, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Registered as a historical monument in 1945.

Roman camp
17330 Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne

The Roman camp of Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne is an archaeological site of the Chalcolithic region of Charente-Maritime, listed as a historical monument in 1945.