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Loupian Roman Villa (Villa-Loupian) is the remains of a 5th century Roman villa with beautiful and well preserved mosaic floors. The villa was discovered under a farm field and many parts of the mosaics were damaged, but they saved what they could and reconstructed the walls of the villa so you...

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

View the mosaics from a platform build around the edges of the villa remains

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

Mosaic floors in the Roman villa.

You can see the lines where the farm machines hit the mosaics.

The mosaics were under a farm field and were damaged by the farming before they were found.

View from the villa to the seaside.

This building covers the remains of the villa walls and the mosaics.

Main entrance. There is a small museum in this building.

Carcassonne is a city on the River Aude. Within Carcassonne are two historic areas: the Medieval City (La Cité) and the Bastide Saint-Louis (the historic center). La Cité, the medieval city, is the main attraction. It sits on a hill south east of the Bastide, surrounded by the modern town of...