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The villa of Primuliac, located in Vendres in the Hérault, is a major archaeological site dating from Gallo-Roman Antiquity. The excavations revealed remains of a large villa, as well as fragments of sigillated or stamped pottery, attesting to an ancient occupation and artisanal activity. The site map shows two parallel facades spaced 60 metres apart, between which rooms of various sizes are organized, evoking living spaces or monastic cells.

Primuliac is also known for sheltering one of the oldest monasteries in Languedoc. In the fourth century, Sulpicus Severus, an ecclesiastical historian and disciple of St.Martin, would be withdrawn. This link with a major figure in the early Church underlines the religious importance of the site from that time on. The villa, transformed or reused as a monastery, illustrates the transition between pagan antiquity and the Christianization of Roman Gaul.

The remains of the villa of Primuliac, located in the domain of the Negro, were classified as Historic Monument by order of 26 April 1935. This classification protects a rare archaeological heritage, showing both Gallo-Roman domestic architecture and the emergence of monasticism in Occitania. The approximate location of the site, near the Bacherie in Vendres, remains subject to limited cartographic accuracy (level 6/10).

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