Free visit of the Roman cemetery!

Name: Free visit of the Roman cemetery!
Start: 2024-09-21T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-22T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Site archéologique de Saint-Seurin

Access to the archaeological site under the square, nearby but independent of the Basilica of Saint-Seurin, allows you to

21 and 22 SeptemberPassed

Conditions

Free. Without reservation.

Access to the archaeological site under the square, close but independent of the Basilica of Saint-Seurin, allows you to discover a glimpse of the paleochristian necropolis, which makes the site of Saint-Seurin one of the most important funerary sites in south-west France. Departure every 30 minutes - Queue required - Group limited to 20 people. Information: Bordeaux Métropole Convention & Visitors Bureau

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Event of inter-municipal interest

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Catégories Agenda Métropolitain

Visite - Balade

Catégories Médiathèque

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EAN

Cycle

About the location

Site archéologique de Saint-Seurin

Place des Martyrs de la Résistance, 33000 Bordeaux

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Saint-Seurin is the oldest witness of the history of Bordeaux after the Palais-Gallien. In the same way as the historic crypt under the basilica, the archaeological site has many sarcophagi.
Antiquity is present in the heart of the city through the remains of the first Christian cemetery of Bordeaux which remained in function for nearly fourteen centuries. We can only see part of it today because the place of the Martyrs of the Resistance covers the rest.
The first excavations began in 1910 under the authority of the Bordeaux historian Paul Courteault. They continued in the sixties.
Among other archaeological curiosities, the excavations revealed stone structures, an ancient funerary enclosure, mausoleums, frescoes, amphorae in which were buried children, tombs under tiles and sarcophagi made of limestone and marble.
To the scientific interest of these excavations is added the attraction of the golden legend since it is in this necropolis that the hearts of the preux of Charlemagne wou