Mosaic of Orpheus in Laon

Name: Mosaic of Orpheus in Laon
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Mosaïque d'Orphée

A major archaeological piece!

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry

OT Pays de Laon

Come and admire this superb antique decor representing Orpheus charming wild animals and belonging to the local archaeological heritage. The young audience will have fun watching the details of this work thanks to a discovery game...

Types d'événement

Animation Jeune public

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Mosaïque d'Orphée

Rue du Bourg, 02000 Laon

Aisne
Hauts-de-France

This mosaic comes from a Gallo-Roman villa located in the territory of the municipality of Blanzy-lès-Fismes. Discovered during excavations carried out in 1858 and acquired by the Academic Society of Laon and its President, Edouard Fleury, in order to be deposited in the premises of the new Archaeological Museum of Laon (now House of Associations). Restored by the mosaicist Chrétin, from Paris, after several successive trips between 1858 and 1861 (cloister of the Prefecture, lower chapel of the Palace of Justice).