Gallo-Roman vestiges in the Val-de-Loire Centre

Roman Ways
41160 Beauce la Romaine

The route to Julius César, or chemin de Chartres, is a Gallo-Roman road 100 km long from Chartres to Blois, crossing Beauce la Romaine. Ranked a historic monument in 1978, it bears witness to an ancient route still visible today.

Gallo-Roman jackets
41210 Neung-sur-Beuvron

The Gallo-Roman complex of La Motte de Condras, in Neung-sur-Beuvron (Loir-et-Cher), is a rural sanctuary of the I-II century including an ancient theatre of 100 m in diameter, associated with temples and a sacred source, frequented until the third century before being abandoned.

Roman Funeral Monument
41290 Vievy-le-Rayé

The ancient monument of Vievy-le-Rayé is a vestige of ancient walls, located in the Loir-et-Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Roman Funeral Monument
36220 Sauzelles

The Roman funerary monument of Sauzelles, known as Saint-Fleuret, is a Gallo-Roman bas-relief of the second-third century carved in rock, located on the edge of the Creuse, in Indre (Centre-Val de Loire).

Oppidum
37210 Rochecorbon

The Oppidum de Château-Chevrier is a Gallic fortified site of the Iron Age located in Rochecorbon, Touraine, representing a major archaeological heritage of the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Oppidum
37370 Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine

The Oppidum des Deux Manses, a Gallic fortified site of the Iron Age, dominates the Vienne Valley in Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine in the Centre-Val de Loire. Representative of the oppeda turons, it bears witness to the protohistoric defensive architecture.

Gallo-Roman substitutes
18000 Bourges

The Gallo-Roman rampart of Bourges, built in the 4th century, is a 2.5 km fortified enclosure in the historic heart of the city, showing ancient defensive architecture in the Centre-Val de Loire.

Gallo-Roman substitutes
37530 Amboise

The Gallic ramparts of Amboise, built during antiquity on the Châteliers plateau, formed an oppidum of 50 hectares, the presumed capital of Turones. This classified site, 800 m long, dominates the Loire valley in Indre-et-Loire.