These ten archaeological sites that tell the story of France

The Ensérune oppidum, ancient crossroads

L’oppidum of Ensérune, fortified city located about ten kilometers from Béziers (Hérault) was, for centuries, a meeting point. Busy VI^e century BC. AD at the end of the I^er century AD, the site built at a crossroads land routes and maritime was placed under the successive influences of the Greeks, of the EtruscansRomans and Iberians.

The vestiges of the agglomeration testify to the commercial vitality of this center thrown not far from the Mediterranean. However, the site declined with the rise of Narbo Martius, the future Narbonne founded by the Romans. As in chemistry, “nothing is lost, nothing is created: everything is transformed” : the new city takes over the activities of the old oppidum, illustrating the ancient dynamics of the territory. The archaeological site of Ansérune is to be discovered with its museum which has just reopened after two years of work.

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Alésia, where memories battle

There is, of course, a Gallic town then a roman city on Mont Auxois, forty kilometers away…