roman

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.

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...