guided tours of the fortress

Name: visites guidées de la forteresse
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T16:45:00+02:00
Location: Musée archéologique départemental

The Gallo-Roman fortress of Jublains, located on the immediate outskirts of the ancient city, is the most emblematic building of the site. The exact function of this fortified complex, built in...

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

Pascal BELTRAMI

The Gallo-Roman fortress of Jublains, located on the immediate outskirts of the ancient city, is the most emblematic building of the site. The exact function of this fortified complex, built in three stages, still raises interpretation problems today. NEWS: Since February 2023, a major restoration project has begun. The first phase consists of a cleaning of the south wall before a study of the building and then intervention of the masons. This study will allow to know more about the techniques of construction and perhaps review the dating of this emblematic monument of Jublains classified as Historical Monuments in 1840.

À propos du lieu

Musée archéologique départemental

13 rue de la libération 53160 Jublains

Mayenne
Pays de la Loire

Jublains is considered the best and most extensive testimony of the Gallo-Roman era of western France. This exceptional site, a true book of ancient history in the open air, invites the visitor to immerse himself with delight and curiosity in this historical period whose oldest traces discovered in Jublains date from the 4th century BC.-C. A territory, almost equivalent to that of Mayenne, is then occupied by the Gaulish people of the Diablintes. During the 1st century A.D. a new town, Noviodunum, was created on the site of Jublains, which became the Gallo-Roman capital of the Diablinte city. The city is endowed with public monuments worthy of its rank of chief town: a temple, a forum, thermal baths, a theatre. The remains of these buildings and those of a spectacular fortress built later make the delight of visitors in love with archaeology and history. Since 1995, the Departmental Archaeological Museum of Jublains, where are presented the collections of Gallo-Roman archaeology in May