Archaeological sites in Lorraine

Brickery
57630 Marsal

The bricking of the Seille in Marsal is a vast proto-industrial archaeological site of the Iron Age, dedicated to the extraction of salt by terracotta, located in the valley of the Seille in the Great East, active from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD.

Archaeological sites
57200 Bliesbruck

The archaeological site of Bliesbruck is a major Gallo-Roman complex located in the Blies Valley, Moselle (Great East), revealing thermal baths, artisanal districts and remains of an ancient and prosperous agglomeration between the 1st and the 5th century.

Barred spur
57160 Châtel-Saint-Germain

The archaeological site of Mont-Saint-Germain in Châtel-Saint-Germain, Moselle, is a barred spur occupied from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages, revealing traces of habitats, fortifications and a merovingian necropolis overlooking the Moselle valley.

Prehistoric speaker
54250 Champigneulles

The prehistoric enclosure of the Fourasse in Champigneulles is a fortified site of the Iron Age located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in the Great East. Ranked a Historic Monument in 1923, it bears witness to the region's ancient occupations.

Necropolis
54700 Lesménils

The Tumular Necropolis of Lesmenils is an ancient funeral site located in the commune of Lesmenils, in the Grand Est region. Its exact origin remains unknown.

Archaeological sites
55500 Boviolles

The Boviolles Oppidum, a large Gallic site of the 1st century BC, dominates the present village in the Meuse. This rampart of type murus gallicus housed an active shopping town, linked to Gaul and Roman Italy.

Archaeological sites
54330 Saxon-Sion

The archaeological site of the Sion Hill in Saxon-Sion (Great East) is a protohistoric oppidum revealing remains of the Paleolithic in the Gallo-Roman era, showing a continuous human occupation on this hill-witness of the coast of Moselle.

Archaeological sites
57140 La Maxe

The archaeological site of La Maxe, located near Metz en Moselle, reveals remains of continuous human occupation of the ancient Neolithic (ca. 5000 BC) in the early Middle Ages, with Gallo-Roman and Merovingian traces.