Gallo-Roman vestiges in Vienna

Gallo-Roman jackets
86290 Saint-Léomer

The Gallo-Roman shrine of Mazamas, located in Saint-Leomer (New Aquitaine), is a set of two twin temples built in the 1st century AD, bearing witness to the religious architecture of the High Empire in the Picton territory.

Gallo-Roman baths
86000 Poitiers

The Gallo-Roman thermal baths of Poitiers are ancient remains located in the town of Poitiers, in New Aquitaine, dating from the Gallo-Roman period. Classified as a historical monument, they bear witness to the Roman thermal heritage.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Villa Gallo-Romane
86000 Poitiers

Saint-Jean de Poitiers Baptistery, a fourth-century Christian building, is the oldest Palaeo-Christian monument in France, located in Poitiers, New Aquitaine. Redesigned in the 7th, 11th and 12th centuries, it illustrates the Merovingian and Romanesque architectural evolution.