roman walls

Glanum (Site Archéologique de Glanum) was a Roman town built at the foot of the Alpilles mountains south of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. It is a large site with remains of baths, public forum, temples, houses and a sacred spring. A beautiful Triumphal Arch that was on the edge of the town is beside...

The Temple of Valetudo and the Twin Temples.

Votive Stones to Hercules.

The Temple of Valetudo.

Looking towards the Temple of Valetudo.

The Twin Temples.

The main street with the gutters on the right.

The main street.

House of the Antae.

View of the House of the Antae.

Map of the site.

The Triumphal Arch, built 10 - 25 BC.

The Triumphal Arch, built 10 - 25 BC.

The Mausoleum of the Julii, built in 40 BC.

The Mausoleum of the Julii, built in 40 BC.

Autun was a walled and fortified Roman town founded in the 1st century by Emporer Augustus. It was on the Via Agrippa, the Roman road connecting Boulogne-sur-Mer (in northern France on the Atlantic coast near Calais) to Lyon (southeast of Autun). The town replaced a previous settlement at nearby...

Covered Passage. A market building from 18th century was turned into this covered passage in 1848.

Medieval houses.

Saint-Lazare. Carved Biblical scene.

Saint-Lazare. Looking up to the capitals (top of the columns) with carved Biblical scenes.