museum

A popular C19th Spa and still a fashionable town with some splendid architecture Although the benefits of the 'taking the waters' have been known since Roman times, and their use was well recorded by the C15th, Leamington was a small village until the end of the C18th with just a few cottages...

Cirencester, the "capital of the Cotswolds", is a busy Cotswold market town with roots in Ancient Rome. When the Romans conquered Britain in 43 AD they built the town of Corinium, second only to Londinium (London) in size. Corinium became Cirencester and there are still Roman remains in the town...

Drawing of Roman Corinium.

Floor mosaics found in Cirencester.

Remains of a Roman column.

I like the hairstyle and tattoos depicted on these early people - not that different from young people in Cirencester today.

Lectoure Museum (Musée de Lectoure or Musée archéologique Eugène-Camoreyt) has an important collection of Roman altars used in "Bull Worship" (ceremonies using bull's blood) in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Some very good Roman mosaics found in the nearby area are also on display. Lectoure is a...

Prehistoric artifacts.

Roman mosaics.

Roman mosaics.

Burial tomb.

Roman alters.

Roman alter with bull head.

Roman alter with bull head.

Roman alters.

The museum has a collection of Roman alters used in "Bull Worship" in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

The museum is in the basement of the building.

Entrance off the main square by the tourist office, in the Hotel de Ville.

The town of Lectoure, in Gascony.

The Eauze Treasure (Le Trésor d'Eauze) is displayed in a small museum in the center of the charming town of Eauze, near Condom. The treasure includes 28,003 Roman coins and jewelry discovered nearby. Coins are displayed on shelves grouped by type. Upstairs they have a small display of other...