ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MUSEUM OF MONTMAURIN

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Tour of the largest Gallo-Roman villa excavated in France. The museum is temporarily closed.

Centre des Monuments Nationaux. All year round, Montmaurin’s archaeological sites and museum take you back in time to discover prehistoric man and the Gallo-Romans, with visits to the Gallo-Roman villas of Lassalles and la Hillère and the archaeological museum. The museum, located in the centre of the village, has 3 permanent exhibition rooms with a modern, educational museography. It displays objects unearthed from the Gallo-Roman villa at Lassalles and La Hillère, as well as those found in prehistoric caves and rock shelters in the surrounding area: the skeleton of a cave lion, carved stones, the mandible of early man and, of course, a facsimile of the famous Lespugue Venus. At the Lassalles site, visitors will discover living quarters, several courtyards, columns and veneers of Pyrenean marble, as well as sublime mosaics with complex geometric motifs dating from the 4th century AD. You can also visit the ancient site of La Hillère and the Notre-Dame chapel, which houses several mosaics. For information on opening times and conditions, visit the monument’s website at www.montmaurin-archeo.fr or call 05.61.88.39.94.

Spoken languages : English – Spanish

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