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Ambrussum (Oppidum d'Ambrussum) was a Roman staging post and settlement along the Via Domitia. No new town was built in this location, so you can see it as it was. Part of Pont Ambroix, a Roman bridge, remains. You can see where the lower town or staging post was. Then you walk along Roman...

A paved square that would have been the town center.

Close up of the wheel tracks.

More roads with wheel tracks.

More roads with wheel tracks.

Remains of the ramparts that surrounded the town.

Remains of the upper town.

In Roman times houses lined this road. Look on the right to see stone marking a doorway.

Remains of a Roman road that went from the Via Domitia to the upper town. You can see wheel tracks.

Remains of a Roman road that went from the Via Domitia to the upper town. You can see wheel tracks.

This bridge was on the Via Domitia, a Roman road that went from Italy to Spain.

Remains of the Ambroix bridge over the River Vidourle.

Remains of the staging post (lower town).

Explore Ambrussum on a 1 - 1 1/2 hour walk in the countryside.

Entrance and museum.

The remains of a Roman staging post and settlement built around 30BC.

Saint-Roman Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Roman) is an ancient troglodyte monastery dug out of rock by hermits and monks. Excavations to create the abbey started in the 5th century but many parts were built in the 12th century. Parts of the abbey were created using a natural grotto which has been used...

Remains of the castle built on top of the abbey in the 16th century.

Remains of the ceiling of this room.

Large room carved out of the rock. You can see where the ceiling was.