Archaeological sites in Lorraine

Oppidum
54850 Messein

The archaeological site of the Camp d'Affrique is a Gallic oppidum of the Iron Age (Ve-IVe s.a. BC) located in Messein (Meurthe-et-Moselle), overlooking the Moselle Valley. This fortified site of 7 hectares reveals calcined ramparts and traces of metallurgical and textile craftsmanship.

55500 Saint-Amand-sur-Ornain

The Nasium Sanctuary is a major Gallo-Roman archaeological site, located in Saint-Amand-sur-Ornain (Meuse), a former political and religious heart of the Leuques between the first century BC and the third century BC.

Éperon barré
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.

55250 Waly

The archaeological site of Waly, located in the municipality of the same name in Meuse, is a historical monument registered since 1994. It bears witness to the local heritage in the Great East.

Tumulus
88300 Beaufremont

The tumuli of the Saint Charles wood in Beaufremont, in the Great East, are ancient funerary monuments whose exact period remains undetermined. These graves testify to an ancient occupation of the territory.

Enceinte préhistorique
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.

Sites archéologique
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.

Sites archéologique
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.